How lazily the sun goes down in Granada, it hides beneath the water, it conceals in the Alhambra!

If something is wrong, fix it now. But train yourself not to worry, worry fixes nothing.

Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you quit, try.

The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.

Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors.

Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

I drink to make other people more interesting.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

Love's the little leaven that works the whole world glad.

My kids are more precious to me than anything. I'm with them all day, and I write all night.

I've managed to keep my career going in a way that suits me. I'll perform, and then I'll go home to my actual life, and I've never been so visible.

When you're born in this world you're given a ticket to the Freak Show. And when you're born in America, you're given a front row seat. And some of us get to sit there with notebooks.

I didn't come from a traditional Tory background; it was urban and metropolitan.

I hate to shop. I consider it one of life's necessary evils, like brussels sprouts and high-heeled shoes.

The hair is the finest ornament women have. Of old, virgins used to wear it loose, except when they were in mourning.

I'm never, I hope, stupid enough to believe that Twitter or blogging or any of this stuff is a substitute for actually doing the work or writing a book.

To think that when they come out with these gigantic songs, it's pretty tough to top them, you know.

There are so many people I would love to meet and say thank you for posting their videos, because hearing their stories and everything comforted me.