I loved being Maleficent. I was quite sad to put my staff down and put my horns away because somehow, she just lives in a different world.

The sun doesn't lose its beauty when covered by the clouds. The same way your beauty doesn't fade when being covered by Hijab

Different is good. When someone tells you that you are different, smile and hold your head up and be proud.

Every day we choose who we are by how we define ourselves.

Where ever I am I always find myself looking out the window wishing I was somewhere else.

I've realized that being happy is a choice.

I love to put on lotion. Sometimes I'll watch TV and go into a lotion trance for an hour. I try to find brands that don't taste bad in case anyone wants to taste me.

I know my children will never have to say, 'Mom died of ovarian cancer.'

If I make a fool of myself, who cares? I'm not frightened by anyone's perception of me.

I'm odd looking. Sometimes I think I look like a funny muppet.

I've been reckless, but I'm not a rebel without a cause.

I am compelled into this country.

Gratitude does not mean the absence of solitude, but the presence of a positive attitude in spite of.

I'm a Third World person. I grew up in an occupied zone [Greenville, South Carolina] and had to negotiate with the superpower, really the colonial power.

Entertainment is like any other major industry; it's cold, big business. The business end wants to know one thing: Can you do the job? If you can, you're in, you're made; if you can't, you're out.

The Universe is inevitable. The Universe is impossible

A country in which 42% of the population is totally misinformed is not a country where democracy is safe.

It's easy to create a country, all you have to do is to think of a name for it

The biggest lesson is that you write the best songs when you're being real, an honest and you mean what you're saying, not trying to be something you're not.

For there is no obedience without humility, nor humility without charity.

I'm not a fan of Star Wars. That is not for me. That is for my nephews and nieces. I don't get it.