I think of my body as a side effect of my mind. Like a thought I had once that manifested itself-- Oops! Oh no! Manifested. Look at this. Now we have to buy clothes and everything.

Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

Sometimes you can only find Heaven by slowly backing away from Hell.

If my life wasn't funny it would just be true, and that is unacceptable.

No motive is pure. No one is good or bad-but a hearty mix of both. And sometimes life actually gives to you by taking away.

My heart's in the right place. I know, 'cuz I hid it there.

Bipolar disorder can be a great teacher. It's a challenge, but it can set you up to be able to do almost anything else in your life.

I am mentally ill. I can say that. I am not ashamed of that. I survived that, I'm still surviving it, but bring it on. Better me than you.

There is no point at which you can say, "Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap."

I get lots of awards for being mentally ill. Apparently, I am better at being mentally ill than almost anything else I've ever done. Seriously - I have a shelf of awards for being bipolar.

You know the bad thing about being a survivor... You keep having to get into difficult situations in order to show off your gift.

I stayed up all night playing poker with tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died.

The last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant: 'What good is it?

The word 'phobic' has its place when properly used, but lately it's been declawed by the pompous insistence that most animosity is based upon fear rather than loathing.

Everything that is really Mexican is either Aztec or Spanish.

Remember, all things are possible to those who believe!

There are no limitations, just dreams to be fulfilled.

There's a certain romanticism associated with exploration of space, which is one of the major factors why we'll continue.

The level of consumption that we identify with success is utterly unsustainable. We're gobbling up the world.

Grief seems at first to destroy not just all patterns, but also to destroy a belief that a pattern exists.

I listen to archival and historic recordings. I love watching singers. I learned a lot from watching videos.