I'm the No. 1 artist in the world right now ... I am the No. 1 human being in music.

Everyone's always telling you to be humble. When was the last time someone told you to be great?

Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it?

Even a broke clock is right twice a day

Life is 5% what happens, and 95% how you react.

This is my life homie, you decide yours

Believe in your flyness...conquer your shyness

Nothing in life is promised except death.

Everything I'm not makes me everything I am

You're not perfect, but you're not your mistakes.

You basically can say anything to someone on an email or text as long as you put LOL at the end.

What a lovely display of personhood. He's like a good book cover that grabs your gaze. Read me. I'm fun but smart. You won't be able to put me down.

Many people who have lost jobs . . . find that this was God’s way of redirecting their lives.

When angry, count four. When very angry, swear.

Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?

I was never the diplomatic diplomat.

Laws are always unstable unless they are founded on the manners of a nation; and manners are the only durable and resisting power in a people.

Here's what I had: I had the arrogance of saying I'd like to be in a 'good' movie, so in fact, when I was hot, I turned down a lot of stuff because I didn't think I wanted to watch it.

I tend to wake up in the middle of the night with ideas crying to be documented.

Love's creed is separate from all religions.

I try to give both my heroes and villains an emotional dimensionality which provides the motivation for their actions.