I am a spy in the house of me. I report back from the front lines of the battle that is me. I am somewhat nonplused by the event that is my life.

Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

Sometimes you can only find Heaven by slowly backing away from Hell.

If my life wasn't funny it would just be true, and that is unacceptable.

No motive is pure. No one is good or bad-but a hearty mix of both. And sometimes life actually gives to you by taking away.

My heart's in the right place. I know, 'cuz I hid it there.

Bipolar disorder can be a great teacher. It's a challenge, but it can set you up to be able to do almost anything else in your life.

I am mentally ill. I can say that. I am not ashamed of that. I survived that, I'm still surviving it, but bring it on. Better me than you.

There is no point at which you can say, "Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap."

I get lots of awards for being mentally ill. Apparently, I am better at being mentally ill than almost anything else I've ever done. Seriously - I have a shelf of awards for being bipolar.

You know the bad thing about being a survivor... You keep having to get into difficult situations in order to show off your gift.

I like being a woman in a man's world. After all, men can't wear dresses, but we can wear the pants.

The best government is that which governs least.

The secret is that there is no secret.

Better that we should die fighting than be outraged and dishonored. Better to die than to live in slavery.

It is the function of perfection to make one know one's imperfection.

Numerous studies have shown how when one person in a romantic coupling gets depressed, the other becomes more depressed.

What matters in literature in the end is surely the idiosyncratic, the individual, the flavor or the color of a particular human suffering.

I value being able to go into a record shop and people leaving me alone.

If you are not passionately devoted to an idea, you can make very pleasant pictures but they won't make you cry.

I wanna try being a waiter at restaurant or work to introduce Korea to other people!