I'll be honest, I worry sometimes about what I've done. I have tied my whole person to my art and, whatever it takes to get that hook, I will go there and do it.

I think the minute you mention death, people run for the hills - unless it's heavy metal. People do not like death.

There's no life without humour. It can make the wonderful moments of life truly glorious, and it can make tragic moments bearable.

I believe a lot of our lives are spent asleep, and what I've been trying to do is hold on to those moments when a little spark cuts through the fog and nudges you.

Life is a game and true love is a trophy.

I've developed into quite a swan. I'm one of those people that will probably look better and better as I get older - until I drop dead of beauty.

I'm your knight in shining armor. I'm here to save you from Linkin Park.

Cigarettes and chocolate milk These are just a couple of my cravings Everything it seems I like's a little bit stronger A little bit thicker A little bit harmful for me.

I am always writing; if you want to survive in this business, you need to keep working, keep creating and never stop the output.

Being uncool is being pretty much the coolest you can be.

I like to make the mundane fabulous whenever I can.

Over a lifetime of dealing with difficult women, I have learned it is often better to give into their demands immediately.

She’d decided that about eighty percent of what you believe about yourself when you’re twenty turns out to be wrong. The problem is you don’t know what your small true part is until much later.

Speeches are like steer horns - a point here a point there and a lot of bull in between.

I made a decision when my father passed away that I was going to be who God made me to be and not try to preach like my father.

Coming tight was boring to me, just the face... it didn't have enough information.

The less apparent the means and manner of the artist, the more directly will his work appeal to the understanding and the feelings.

That's interesting to hear you say that because watching it [the Waitress] for the first time at Sundance was fascinating - it was so different from the experience of making it.

My life was a mystery even as I lived it.

White girls tell me Hey Nicki your camp rules! Is that why you get more head than shampoos?

We discover that meaning and purpose only when we make God the reference point of our lives.