I'm an old Catholic. I don't believe in anything Catholic but I do believe that Catholicism keeps me from committing suicide.

The key to being a warrior is not to be afraid of who you are.

To admit ignorance is the highest knowledge. It is the necessary condition for all learning.

Maybe you've had skin next to your skin, but when was the last time you let yourself be touched?

Life is a mess, Rose said. You can fix the mess human beings make, Rose said, But you can't fix the mess being human is.

Sometimes the world is so beautiful it hurts.

Her heartbeat was in her hands, her heart beat the way she moved her head, her whole body was her heart beating.

There is nothing more lonely than a true artist.

Why else do we live, except to be loved and remembered by those we love?

Identity is your role in life, the part you play. Individuality is who you are, and who you are is revealed to you if you can get to complete presence.

Miracles are out there somewhere. You just got to find them.

One way to boost our will power and focus is to manage our distractions instead of letting them manage us.

How sad it is that we give up on people who are just like us.

I don't come to Toronto often, so when I'm there it's always special and rare which I think makes it very exciting for my fans.

For Paul, the Holy Spirit was an experienced reality.

Here at the bottom of the world, everything was upside down.

A true collaboration is trickier than a marriage because you can't hide.

My old vintage designs are so popular now. I must have been on to something.

If I'm going to take my clothes off I figured I might as well do it for something that I'm directing myself since I had complete control of the edit.

My first lessons in comedy, how to construct a joke, I learned from Eileen Brennan, who had unbelievable timing.

Nowadays, I know the true reason I read is to feel less alone, to make a connection with a consciousness other than my own.