I don't think there's such a thing as autobiographical fiction. If I say it happened, it happened, even if only in my mind.

Nothing will work unless you do.

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

To accept a little death is worse than death itself.

A good wife keeps you happy in bed, but a better wife keeps you happier even out of the bed.

My parents are both really, really funny, and my little sister is a really good painter, and my other sister is a really good writer.

I'm happy and I have a great life.

This great God loves us still, He loved us since the world began and what's more, He always will.

I never try to make any far-reaching predictions, so much can happen that it simply only makes you look stupid a few years later.

And also I didn't want my future to be just sitting in a room and be imprisoned in my four walls and just cooking and giving birth to children. I didn't want to see my life in that way.

Concealed sorrow bursts the heart, and rages within us as an internal fire.

I love designing dresses and tops.

The best leaders are the best notetakers, best askers, and best learners.