I was born during an eclipse. I believe very much in astrology. If you were born on an eclipse it indicates your destiny is chaotic.

I've always believed that one woman's success can only help another woman's success.

There's a saying I read recently; I painted it on the fireplace and in my studio: "Be kind to everyone you meet, for everyone is fighting a great battle." We all are. Everyone.

You breathe in and out; you breathe in and you breathe out, and you live one moment into the next moment, and then time goes by, and you find you're able to put one foot in front of the other.

I'm always in love. If it's not with a man, it's something else. I love beauty. I love the sky I see outside the window. There's so much beauty in the world.

You must always have great, secret, big fat hopes for yourself in love and in life. The bigger, the better.

If you've never had a mother or a father, you grow up seeking something you're never going to find, ever. You seek it in love and in people and in beauty.

To be happy--one must find one's bliss

The only thing that would ever embarrass me would be something I would write that would be badly written.

I've had many, many loves. I always feel that something wonderful is going to happen. And it always does.

...that is the best-to laugh with someone because you both think the same things are funny.

Was she pregnant then?' asked Assad. Judging by the number of family members in his photos, it was a feminine condition with which he was quite familiar.

I never thought the orchestra should be big.

I used alcohol for my panic attacks, to manage stressors.

When I hear a person talking about political solutions, I know I am not listening to a serious person.

Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.

Life is rough for a lot of people. Some people live in greater material circumstances than others, but life is rough for everybody.

Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.

That desert of loneliness and recrimination that men call love.

I've lived with pressure all my life. I enjoy it.

Maybe we didn't have many possessions, but we never went hungry, were cold, or lacked love.