I think I ran so hard and so fast, in a lot of ways, from my life and I kind of took a fall. It was like - what do they call it? - post-traumatic stress syndrome.

I came out of the womb waving red lipstick.

From a really young age, I was into female empowerment and supporting the underdog. Right now, I'm into female vengeance.

The awesome thing about being an artist? You can't be fired from your own mind.

It's my job to spread deviance to the American youth.

I still say I can do whatever I want as long as I'm not hurting anybody else. I don't understand why more people aren't like that.

I think working with artists is incredibly important for everybody in the world, but also, it is a way of seeing the world differently.

I think if I had lived back in Salem, I would have been burned at the stake

Why should I downplay myself to make someone else more comfortable?

It wasn't that I was shy to go out with him, I just didn't want people with preconceived notions to assume anything about why we were together. I was pretty careful for a while.

I'm a pussycat unless you do something to one of my friends. Then I'll think of unique ways to get back at you. I'm more creative than your average bear.

Most people do not know what they are living for. Asking a question of the purpose of their existence would be an absurd thing to do merely on this account

I don’t believe in prayer, but I do believe in magic, and I want to believe in miracles.

The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors.

The greatest scientists are artists as well.

One night alone in prayer might make us new men, changed from poverty of soul to spiritual wealth, from trembling to triumphing.

We have to assess: Are we making disciples along the way as we draw people to our churches?

Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength

Perhaps there really are managers who can outperform the market consistently - logic would suggest that they exist. But they are remarkably well-hidden.

Human beings are just gene machines.

Purify your eyes, and see the pure world. Your life will fill with radiant forms.