I hated it when people tried to force me out when I wasn't ready. It was very painful, and it actually pushed me away from doing so.

I didn't go around the world, I went around the world on a private jet. I didn't have a hotel room, we had an entire floor. We were spoiled.

During my sabbatical, I spent two years not listening to my songs at all.

Love, acceptance, friends, two kids that I love. I have to take care of myself for them. I've also been a vegetarian for two years.

Everyday begins like a blank chalkboard, on which each one of us can write the poem of our present and our dreams for the future.

What will happen from now on? It doesn't matter. I can only focus on what's happening to me in this moment.

Life is like a great teacher..... she will repeat the lesson until you learn.

Getting caught masturbating sucks. I got caught masturbating in jail 7 or 8 times, it really sucks.

And when you feel the heat, the world is at your feet.

Children aren't just our future. They're our present.

Buddhism has a very beautiful teaching that says the worst thing you can do to your soul is to tell someone their faith is wrong.

Keep away from the kinship of the individuals who continually ask and examine the imperfections of others.

I saw that my best work was my most personal work, which is odd, because my fiction is very far afield and has nothing to do with my life.

When do you learn that the world, like any diner worth its salt, is open twenty-four hours a day?

A lot of people don't know enough about me. When I meet people who freak out about Game of Thrones, they don't even know that I can speak English.

Try this: say the words "global, global, global" aloud several times, as fast as you can. You'll find yourself sounding like a turkey ("gobble, gobble, gobble").

Railing and praising were his usual themes; and both showed his judgment in extremes. Either over violent or over civil, so everyone to him was either god or devil.

Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others.

Does God say, "cut back on the sunsets?" No, our Maker is abundant.

You have Within you more love than you could ever understand.

As far as I could see, life demanded skills I didn't have.