I was frightened of myself, I seemed to have no control over my thoughts and feelings, it was like a sort of madness...

I had changed, and gone on changing, but I did not fully remember how it had begun, or understand why.

We make our own destiny.

The moment had gone. I carried my secrets still with me, and they were hard, heavy, bitter things.

We are not punished for our sins, we are punished by them. We can't live with guilt for the whole of our lives..

I felt dead and sick inside.

Your world may think what it chooses...but really, opinion and gossip count for nothing at all against truth...

The thing is, I don't do these things for recognition, being a good teammate, being a positive member of the community. I do them because those things make me whole and complete.

I'm so happy to be able to give kids the opportunity to learn about amazing world of dance and music that I've have been lucky enough to make such a big part of my own life.

Barry Bonds is outspoken. I think that the people of Pittsburgh felt, it's a syndrome of you've got to apologize for being successful if you're successful (as well as) black and outspoken.

Every bubble consists of a trend that can be observed in the real world and a misconception relating to that trend. The two elements interact with each other in a reflexive manner.

History is the myth, the true myth, of man's fall made manifest in time.

If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life, never make a pretty woman your wife. From my personal point of view, get an ugly girl to marry you.

Whether or not the artist can fulfill a social function is a question that remains unanswered.

My study of religion, which I regard in many ways as an art form, is a search for meaning.

Then the Angels came in 1961, and I fell in love with them.

Our individual wholeness includes a masculine and a feminine side, which are slowly (or not so slowly) wrung out of us, depending on which gender you are.