If I know what's true in my heart and my soul, then what people say can't shape that.

Breathing is meditation; life is a meditation. You have to breathe in order to live, so breathing is how you get in touch with the sacred space of your heart.

If you don't like me, if you like me; both are equally cool. I send love and positive energy to all those people in their lives. I hope they find where they're meant to be.

I want to embrace my full self, as natural as I can be.

The only thing that really matters is spreading love and light and acceptance and unity throughout the entire world in any way that you possibly can.

Caring less what everybody else thinks, but also caring less and less about what your own mind thinks, because what your own mind thinks, sometimes, is the thing that makes you sad.

There're no novels that I like to read so I write my own novels, and then I read them again, and it's the best thing.

Comparing yourself to somebody else is like comparing yourself to a bird.

Don’t be afraid to be yourself and don’t let anybody tell you that that’s wrong. Because the best thing is you.

If I had to change one thing about my life, it would probably be, I wouldn't be famous. Because when you're famous it's so hard.

The best piece of advice that I have ever received is from my mom. And she said, "Do you, boo boo." That is forever going to be the best advice.

Poetry, will you show me where your words find peace?

We need to take turns - it's the kind thing to do.

North Dakota State. What do you have to do there to graduate? Milk a cow with your left hand?

More than 48 million men and women have served America well and faithfully in military uniform.

I've got three sisters, five aunties, and my mom. It must have had an influence on me growing up.

Get up and dance, get up and smile, get up and drink to the days that are gone in the shortest while.

It was never a deliberate decision to make films about the 'woman experience'.

No matter how tough the chase is, you should always have the dream you saw on the first day. It'll keep you motivated and rescue you (from any weak thoughts).

A letter makes ordinary things seem important.