I have a small house so I borrow everything except art, that's what I love.

I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder.

No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone.

Life is tough; and if you have the ability to laugh at it, you have the ability to enjoy it.

I think it's not a femme fatale when someone is not doing it to manipulate men or be like a black widow. She loves him. She does it out of love. She wants him so badly to stay with her.

I proved to myself that if I believe in something and set my mind to it I could actually accomplish it.

I keep waiting to meet a man who has more balls than I do.

Sometimes evolving doesn't mean transforming; sometimes it just means owning what is there.

Life is about creating new opportunities, not waiting for them to come to you.

Your empathy for other mothers is such a natural instinct and it's such a beautiful thing that we all connect, and we should all help each other.

What is important is to believe in something so strongly that you're never discouraged.

Striving to be good is the ultimate struggle of every man. Being bad is easy, but being good requires sincere commitment, discipline and strength. We have to work hard every day just to remain good.

He forced my soul back into innocent belief, not by empty words or false promises but by consistent action that never failed. He was safe.

Conservatives unwittingly side with the social forces that contribute to the destruction of traditional values.

It's a character I've created. Actually, that's pretty much the opposite of me, off a farm in the Midwest.

And the books you write. They're not you. They're not me sitting here, this Henry Miller. They belong to someone else. It's terrible. You can never rest.

I take from people all the time. I didn't ever go to acting classes or anything. You can just watch people.

Any photographed human being is always a photograph.

But the single overwhelming reason why jails are bursting is longer sentences given for more crimes.

Anime has sent me all over the world, introducing me to people who have touched my life in indescribably profound ways.

I desire the things that will destroy me in the end.