I buy myself a gift every year, so this year I bought everything I wanted.

Remember, people only rain on your parade because they're jealous of your sun and tired of their shade.

If I don't like something that's going on in my life, I change it. And I don't sit and complain about it for a year.

I've made mistakes in my life for sure.

Embrace your curves and who you are. I feel proud if young girls look up to me and say, "I'm curvy, and I'm proud of it now".

I'm not trying to influence anyone else; I'm not saying, "Do what I do." I think it's a little pretentious to say, "I'm a role model"; I would never say that, and I don't think of myself that way.

I love when people underestimate me and then become pleasantly surprised.

It's time to recognise the Armenian Genocide.

Take and chance and don't ever look back. Never have regrets, just lessons learned.

I love the sun but don't have the time to get a good tan and keep it year-round, so I am a huge fan of tanning products.

I think I'll always be a hopeless romantic.

To you, I'm an atheist.To God, I'm the loyal opposition.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

Selling the presidency like cereal! How can you talk seriously about issues with half-minute spots?

It's funny - my wife is more jealous of my books than of other women because I'm always working and thinking about my books.

It's Fifty, not Fiddy.

Most people want to get what they want, whereas the secret is to want what you get at this moment.

It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.

I believe in the single standard -- for men and women.

What are you wishing for?' Grace interrupted. 'To kiss you,' I said to her.

This little flute of a reed thou hast carried over hills and dales, and hast breathed through it melodies eternally new.