I never knew how much love and pride I would feel.

If your lifeguard duties were as good as your singing, a lot of people would be drowning.

The end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes.

My advice would be if you want to pursue a career in the music business, don't.

Work hard, be patient, and be a sponge while learning your business. Learn how to take criticism. Follow your gut instincts and don't compromise.

I'd say the most dangerous thing I've ever done is probably bungee jumping in Thailand...

I think you have to judge everything based on your personal taste. And if that means being critical, so be it. I hate political correctness. I absolutely loathe it.

That was extraordinary. Unfortunately, extraordinarily bad.

I want people to understand that from the minute Lady Gaga arrived, she created a new set of rules: being different is good; embrace it.

Not everybody is perfect, and I don't think we should be looking for perfect people.

The best way to kill someone is from the inside, by crushing their hopes and dreams.

Tonight, can we just pretend you want me too?

Still, it was vision, or at least vision’s idiot cousin.

The unfortunate need people who will be kind to them; the prosperous need people to be kind to.

Lock all communication. If there's no light within my day. I'd rather stay in isolation. For that special someone a lifetime I'll wait.

Success, wealth, good health and nurturing relationships are by-products of happiness, not the cause.

The difference between those who succeed and fail: not taking advantage of opportunities.

Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.

The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses Eden, writes to be read and comes to realize that he is answerable.

All there is to writing is having ideas. To learn to write is to learn to have ideas.

You must always be prepared to place a bet on yourself, on your future, by heading in a direction that others seem to fear.