I read books more than I go out.

It's a war of attrition. If you have patience and a modicum of faith in yourself your chances are not too bad.

Children are like crazy, drunken small people in your house.

I'm so not stylish by nature, but I've learned to work with what I have.

I'm on a strict gossip diet. No gossip websites, no gossip magazines. Otherwise, I find it paralyzing to exist.

Baltimore is a great place.

I've had a little bad, bad media luck the new year. Well, apparently I'm dating Bill Clinton, which makes me nervous. I didn't know, though.

Success is getting up one more time than you fall down.

I suffer the terrible disease of low self-esteem.

I grew up playing field hockey and lacrosse - prep school sport - and I was terrible at them.

I guess I'm not that aware of such a big fan base. I have a few core people who write me no matter what I'm doing, but I hardly have sacks of mail being dropped on my door!

The least of the work of learning is done in the classroom.

If I was doing a talk show, I would do the kind of show that comes on just once a month, with amazing guests.

I always tell people, 'The music's free. I get paid to travel.'

As a child I would just question things.

The laws of nature are the laws of God, whose authority can be superseded by no power on earth.

It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions.

Buddha is pretty funny. Buddha is the coolest, though. If I had to go with one, I'd probably party with the Buddha.

I ne'er was struck before that hour with love so sudden and so sweet. Her face it bloomed like a sweet flower and stole my heart away complete

And those who saw, it did surprise, Such drops could fall from human eyes.

In a general way, a major goal of the propagandist is to seek some kind of authoritative backing for the belief he or she is propagating.