I didn't confide in men. Well, I didn't confide in anyone.

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.

It is wise to admit one's wrongs because it creates room for correction.

Discussions of death and such matters do more to unlock the human tongue than any other subject.

A language is a map of our failures

I’m like a cat. I swear I havenine lives

The artist is the antenna of the race.

If we stop to apologize and forgive each other every time we step on each other’s toes, we’ll never have time to be friends.

The amount of a man's wealth consists in the number of things he can do without.

The great man... walks across his century and leaves the marks of his feet all over it, ripping out the dates on his goloshes as he passes.

God has invested entirely too much in you for you to be comfortable in anything less than you were created to be.

My ideas and creativity are the sources of inspiration for me.