I feel so agitated all the time, like a hamster in search of a wheel.

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.

We knock upon silence for an answering music.

Always be gentle.

Thinking a smile all the time will keep your face youthful.

You’re not supposed to dislike your own child. You were supposed to like them no matter what, even if they were not what you wanted.

What one needs to know in order to appraise a man morally is not: what did his mother say or do when he was three? The proper question is: what does he say and do now?

Without continuity, men would become like flies in summer.

In other words, an instrument should be an extension of you; it's supposed to sound like you - the way you walk, the way you dress, you know.

Let us give publicity to HIV/AIDS and not hide it, because [that is] the only way to make it appear like a normal illness

It is significant that it is as difficult to get charity out of piety as to get reasonableness out of rationalism.

Humoring them costs nothing and adds to happiness in a world in which happiness is always in short supply.