I think, as an artist, you have to have experienced some deep turmoil, some kind of pain, because that's what connects you with the world. That's what makes it juicy!

Ain't nothing coming easily in this life. Sometimes you gotta work, you gotta grow and it gotta hurt.

Beauty is an understanding of what you have, and it's forgiving yourself of what you don't have, and appreciating all of it.

Just because you have a nightmare doesn't mean you stop dreaming.

Find new treasures in yourself. Love doesn't die. Love is unyielding. It's going to come back. The more you love and appreciate yourself, the more prepared you are when the real thing shows up.

If you can't help me grow, there's no point with you being in my life.

Saturday Night Live is a show that I think I could have a lot of fun on, just being different characters and maybe singing, too.

I think every individual has his or her own power, and it's a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is.

I just think it's silly to be stingy with compliments. If you see someone and they strike you as beautiful in any way, why not let them know?

To be a queen of a household is a powerful thing.

Just bc u loved and lost doesn't mean stop loving. If u have a nightmare, does it mean u stop dreaming?

You are the most powerful tool in your life. Use your energy, your thoughts and your magick wisely!

As it almost always was when I'd been too self-centered to see the truth of the matter, I felt impossibly foolish.

I know, ” he said, very softly. “Let’s go home. Let’s go home, and you can tell me whatever you want, and I’ll believe you.

I don't want him to hurt like I'm hurting. I don't want him to miss me like I'll miss him. I don't want him to be falling for me like I've been falling for him.

Fear of losing is what makes competitors so great. Show me a gracious loser and I'll show you a permanent loser.

Tools were made and born were hands Every farmer understands.

I warn you that when the princes of this world start loving you it means they are going to grind you up into battle sausage.

Human beings can be awful cruel to one another.

Marriage does not so much bring you into confrontation with your spouse as confront you with yourself.

The intelligence is clear: (Saddam) continues to believe his WMD programme is essential both for internal repression and for external aggression.