I'm not alone in having obese people in my circle and in my family. I have loved morbidly obese people, and I don't approach obesity with revulsion or judgment but with empathy and compassion.

The strangest thing about strange things is that they're only strange when you hear about them or think about them later, but never when you're living them.

I hum some secret place into being, thinking of this other me, the one that only I can see, a girl called She, who is not We, a girl who I will never be.

Write,' she said, 'as if you'll never be read. That way you'll be sure to tell the truth.

Art isn't a product. It's an experience

The city, no matter how small, is corrupt and unrepentant, while the sun shines brighter in the country, making people more wholesome.

the only thing left to do is love

If heaven is tolerant and writers are allowed (bunch of liars though they are), I wonder if they gather for coffee to ponder the prose they should have written instead.

How cruel it must be for a man to live past his soul.

Winning the lottery is winning the lottery. It's highly unlikely and very unusual.

When you stand outside, you look around and find that the people you're with live on the fringes.

Inside all of us is a light, but some beacons are darker than others, and some are so dark they never realize they are a form of light at all.

Treat your woman with respect, because one day someone will do the same to your daughter.

Someone with a deeper inner awareness will not be bothered by outer irritation.

Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.

Make something beautiful of your life.

The difference is almost all mental. The top players just hate to lose. I think that's the difference. A champion hates to lose even more than she loves to win.

I think sometimes an artist can really lose sight of what made them popular in the first place.

It's been a hard lesson for me , but contrary quite frankly to what is a common practice in politics, I can tell from my own experience, it is better to stay away from personalities.

Come on, don't you ever stop and smell the coffee?

Your take on things is what is either going to make you somebody people talk about or no.