I like men. They are hugely entertaining, but they have a lot of shortcomings and you just have to bear those in mind.

By puberty I learned that nothing worth having could be easily attained and to succeed one must be single minded.

As long as we prioritize material truths over spiritual truths we will live in tyranny because we are living an illusion

You must not feel persecuted and examined. Liberate yourself from the idea that people are watching you.

The thing I thought about doing it was it's Comic Relief and you've got to be funny. So although I did try to sing properly it obviously has hilarious results when you can't sing.

People say you should read your criticism because it will make you a better person but it doesn't. It just makes you a sad bitter old showbiz nightmare.

I get fixated when I'm bleeding -- I can see why they went in for blood-letting in the medieval times because it makes you feel a bit better. When I cut myself, the drama of it calms me down.

A library doesn't need windows. A library is a window.

There are two types of people in this world: one who opens a packet of biscuits, has one and puts the rest back in the cupboard, and one who eats the whole packet in one go.

The bad-boy label is just an assumption.

There are 10-20 times more male comics than female comics; it's something to do with the social structure of society.

An Apostle is a missionary, bearing testimony of the reality and divinity of Jesus Christ in all the world.

Learning will be cast into the mire and trodden down under the hoofs of a swinish multitude.

Nothing comes easily. My work smells of sweat.

It's like my father always said to me, he said to me, he said, Roseanna Roseanadana, it's always something. If it isn't one thing--it's another! It's always something.

The idea that any performer type is owed anything is a joke to me.

I kept writing all these ballads; they're me speaking about life. But how am I gonna do the live show I wanna do if I don't have something I can dance to?

I walk around with a hat, sunglasses, and sunscreen all the time.

In the end, the key ingredient for public life is imagination. You imagine something better, you try to bring the people with you.

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.

Every person has their own unique circumstances to overcome, but every single person has the opportunity to achieve anything - and change everything.