I think I definitely got scared by the second or third time a doctor told me I was dying.

I wrote... Neon Ballroom in that time where I hated music, really everything about it, I hated it.

None of us are really dumb and none of us are really smart. We're in the middle.

You say that money isn't everything, well I'd like to see you live without it.

Yes, I am old enough to grow a beard actually. So ner-ner-ner-ner

There are no big groupie fans or anything.

So I went and visited a doctor and he diagnosed me with reactive arthritis.

I am very scared of being outside my home for long periods of time.

I start sweating and shaking and having panic attacks if I am not at home.

I get very anxious and am scared in crowds and things like that.

I'm lucky the arthritis happened at the time that it did because of the record.

If we fear failure, how then will we handle success?

Because, once alone, it is impossible to believe that one could ever have been otherwise. Loneliness is an absolute discovery.

I dated a lot, but I never really had anyone who was worthy of an anniversary. And most girlfriends never made it to a year, anyway.

A 1990 study by the (liberal) Progressive Policy Institute showed that, after controlling for single motherhood, the difference in black and white crime rates disappeared.

Smile. Nod. Say something witty before he finds out what an incredible geek you are.

The art and passion of reading well and deeply is waning, but [Jane] Austen still inspires people to become fanatical readers.

As a profoundly deaf woman, my experiences have shown me that the impossible is indeed possible!

I was on Prozac for a long time. It may have helped me out of a jam for a little bit, but people stay on it forever.

Everybody has to learn for the first time.

Whatever lessons we take from this dreadful attack (on the World Trade Center and Pentagon), we should never forget that it was, after all, a faith based initiative.