I'm naturally quite lazy, and I actually think I'm lax about my career. None of my work defines who I am.

At my core, the glass isn't half-empty, it's not even what I ordered in the first place.

I'm not frightened of a bit of silence.

I will absolutely say that whatever job I was asked to do, whatever schedule I was asked to work, it is never going to be as hard as looking after a child.

My advice to you is please don't ever sit in your room and lock yourself away because you don't think you're good enough.

I'm an incredibly negative person, so any form of success is only ever going to be a relief to me and set my default position back to neutral.

Although I was a shy child, I was also a bit flamboyant.

I've realised I need a gnawing, nagging, anxious doubt when I wake at 4 A.M.

Because I was a shy and awkward child, I used humour to deflect attention. It was a controlling mechanism. Because I could use it to control my image.

It's never been a point of reference to look to a man. It's not always a good thing, I suppose, but I think independence is always preferable to dependence.

Of all the purposes of education, I think the most useful is this: It prepares you to keep yourself entertained. It gives you a better chance of an interesting job.

You don't need to know what you're escaping from to become a fugitive.

You know I'm not hung up on this liberating myself from the "black" man - I'm not going to try that thing.

Happy new year everbody! And remember: be kind to eachother.

O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.

I found eternal peace in a Shinto shrine. I've been to Shinto shrines and God is everywhere. Christ is one of the ways! God is everywhere.

For me, prayer is not so much me setting out a shopping list of requests for God to consider as it is a way of keeping company with God.

Success is not a stop sign.

It cannot be good to tax the Americans... You will lose more than you gain.

And I... started off dumb, raised by the hoodrats, listen to the radio wishin that i could rap.