I love sports. I love animals. I love kids. I want to save the world. So how do I combine all those things? I don't know.

My guitar is not a thing. It is an extension of myself. It is who I am.

You got nothing to lose. You don't lose when you lose fake friends.

Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something. Make your own victories. Make your own mistakes.

Girls have got balls. They're just a little higher up, that's all.

Other people will call me a rebel, but I just feel like I'm living my life and doing what I want to do. Sometimes people call that rebellion, especially when you're a woman.

I think I was born strong-willed. That's not the kind of thing you can learn. The advantage is, you stick to what you believe in and rarely get pushed out of what you want to do.

You want to have butterflies in your stomach, because if you don't, if you walk out onstage complacent, that's not a good thing.

I figured out it was a social thing, what women were allowed to do. At a very young age, I decided I was not going to follow women's rules.

Success isn't one straight line - it's a ladder, and there's always another rung above you to reach out for. Like anything else, there are ups and downs.

I don't give a damn about my reputation. You're living in the past, it's a new generation.

Love and compassion are the mother and father of a smile. We need to create more smiles in our world today. Smiles, after all, pave the way to a happy world.

The world the Citadel is building has no place in it for sorcery or prophecy or glass candles, much less for dragons.

At a certain level of learning and understanding, right or wrong ain't the issue, but different interest.

It's easier to start over than to work to make something last.

...you can ruin your credit in one seemingly responsible afternoon, but rebuilding it takes years.

An editorial writer might consult a reporter to see what she thinks, if it is what she covers. But they are entirely independent.

Libraries should be open to all - except the censor.

Lonely people, in talking to each other can make each other lonelier.

Despair is a natural emotion.

The government is not doing anything to help the country to heal. The government is just making cosmetic changes.