I don't have to have the biggest house or the biggest car or the longest mink, but quality of life is really glamorous.

It’s all about falling in love with yourself and sharing that love with someone who appreciates you, rather than looking for love to compensate for a self love deficit.

The price we pay for being ourselves is worth it.

I've never felt that fear is my enemy. Fear is my friend. It offers me a chance to stay alert, keep growing, continue creating something new. If you don't take that sort of risk, you learn nothing.

A man has always wanted to lay me down but he never wanted to pick me up.

I have used all the manure that has been thrown on me as fertilizer to make me stronger.

I fall in love with myself, and I want someone to share it with me. And I want someone to share me, with me.

I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.

My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.

My house was bugged. They couldn't find any information on me being a subversive because I happen to love America; I just don't like some of the things the government is doing.

Don't depend on other people to be responsible for you. Don't make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things.

Zoo-Wee Mama!

Kindness and a generous spirit go a long way. And a sense of humor. It's like medicine - very healing.

If a little knowledge was a dangerous thing, a lot was lethal.

When you're brown and Indian, you get offered a lot of doctor roles.

Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue.

The Progressive Blues Experiment, Johnny Winter... and Still Alive and Well is my favorite rock record

The big lie and monotonously repeated nonsense have more emotional appeal in a cold war than logic and reason.

all stories are like those about the creation of the universe, no one was there, no one witnessed anything, yet everyone knows what happened.

Sometimes I think high school is one long hazy activity: if you are tough enough to survive this, they'll let you become an adult. I hope it's worth it.

Most arts require long study and application, but the most useful art of all, that of pleasing, requires only the desire.