I always believe things are going to work out.

Jazz music is an intensified feeling of nonchalance.

It seems to me that there are two kinds of trickery: the "fronts" people assume before one another's eyes, and the "front" a writer puts on the face of reality.

To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.

There is a certain age when a woman must be beautiful to be loved, and then there comes a time when she must be loved to be beautiful.

I have loved to the point of madness; That which is called madness, That which to me, Is the only sensible way to love.

A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to take it off of you.

One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter.

Art must take reality by surprise.

For what are we looking for if not to please? I do not know if the desire to attract others comes from a superabundance of vitality, possessiveness, or the hidden, unspoken need to be reassured.

Love is worth whatever it costs.

One positive person affects the whole universe. If you improve yourself as a human being then you will contribute for the betterment of the whole planet.

I do not know how much my own work has achieved, and I must not pretend it has done more than it has.

I always say to myself, what is the most important thing we can think about at this extraordinary moment.

When I'm playing best, I'm just thinking about the music, just interacting with what my bandmates are playing.

I can do everything with ease on the stage, whereas in real life I feel too big and clumsy. So I didn't choose acting. It chose me.

We all get self-centered.

I'm feeling very angry right now, because I have only one bed and no couch.

The first casualty in every war is truth.

I'm dying, and I'm having fun.

When you dishonor the the utter glory and majesty of black people, you lie. Your heart lies to you and you let it