I like blogs. they're good times.

Divorce isn't such a tragedy. A tragedy's staying in an unhappy marriage, teaching your children the wrong things about love. Nobody ever died of divorce.

I've learned that some broken things stay broken, and I've learned that you can get through bad times and keep looking for better ones, as long as you have people who love you.

Sometimes the worst thing that happens to you, the thing you think you can't survive...it's the thing that makes you better than you used to be.

You should be concerned about the state of your soul, not the state of your bank account.

He loved me. He loved me, but he doesn't love me anymore, and it's not the end of the world.

Everyone has sorrow. Everyone has obligations. Everyone keeps going. You lean on the people who love you. You do the best you can, and you keep going.

People will want you to behave a certain way, to make a certain choice because it reinforces the way they see the world...But you have to do what's right for you.

My feeling about my own work is, I could be writing 'The Aeneid' and they would still have to call it chick lit or mommy lit or menopausal old hag lit.

Head's all empty, I don't care,' he'd sing to me, quoting the Grateful Dead, and I'd force a smile, thinking that my head was never empty and that if it ever was, you could be darn sure I'd care.

Read everything. Read fiction and non-fiction, read hot best sellers and the classics you never got around to in college.

You are the only one who knows what you are actively doing to avoid being what you want to be.

Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.

A house is a machine for living in.

Faith Words aren't just mere positive affirmations they open your life up to the supernatural power of God.

The purpose of life is to be happy.

I wanna design a video game where you'd have to take care of all the people shot in all the other video games.

Singers come and go, but if you're a good actor, you can last a long time.

Crises in themselves are highly educational.

When people don't understand that the government doesn't have their interests in mind, they're more susceptible to go to war.

Though you may hear me holler, And you may see me cry-- I'll be dogged, sweet baby, If you gonna see me die.