I stopped my iTunes festival set because someone fainted at the front. It felt like the right thing to do at the time but maybe I was being too sensitive.

Makeup is my world, and I know that a little things . . . the right technique, colour or brush . . . can make all the difference.

I believe in magical things happening and spiritual goings on. Sometimes the most mundane things can surprise you and be magical.

If it makes you feel beautiful...do it!

When I was a very small child I went to a new play group. The first thing I did was run over to a little tot with incredibly chubby cheeks and sink my teeth right into them.

I love writing things down so pretty much every card I send to friends or family is an over enthusiastic essay. I've written some pretty good ones in my time.

I remember having my tonsils out when I was fifteen and waking up crying historically but not being able to stop. That was quite strange.

If we are grateful, we shall be glad.

You need not have any motivation but the motivation to overpower your mind.

An "attack on SeaWorld" might mean a bomb, or it might mean graffiti and glitter and a cream pie in the face. The government doesn't always seem to distinguish between the two.

Having love and not giving it is just as difficult as not having love and needing it

It all comes back to the basics. Serve customers the best-tasting food at a good value in a clean, comfortable restaurant, and they'll keep coming back.

Here's to Never Growing up

A representative form of government rests nor more on political contributions than on those laws which regulate the descent and transmission of property.

Around 14, I was turned on to Shania, Reba, Merle Haggard, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood... and I've followed it ever since.

praise is a great tonic, and helps most people to do their best.

It's the duty of all novelists, all painters, all musicians, all people who try to make art move: to look for something they feel authentically, without paying attention to styles.