It is beautiful to own your own destiny and be able to do what you feel in your heart. To have that and not do it? THAT is crazy to me.

Understand the now. Don't even worry about five seconds later, worry about now.

A lot of times I pick passion projects but at the end of the day, I don't think much of what's going to work, I want to think about how it feels to do the work.

When you sit and write a song, sit and write the best song you can write, just try and write it and be connected.

There's nothing better than now.

I've been very fortunate to work with people that I'm fans of.

You really are like him, your father.""I can't tell whether you think that's good or bad.""What does it matter? It's simply true.

We always think of a diet with a big groan. But I think diets are fun. I think it is an American pastime for a lot of women.

Being joyful is our natural state of being.

When you become empowered everyone becomes interested in you.

The question is: Shouldn't Hezbollah disarm? And ultimately they should. And it's necessary for the Lebanese government to succeed.

By working and living in New York, you are breathing Western civilization, continuously reminded of its benefits and its values.

Either we pay the government's bills, or we leave them for our kids to pay. It's that simple.

I have another Russian idea, too, with a place and a period, so I guess I have enough to keep me busy for quite some time, especially considering that I'm such a slow writer.

You don't just play a part. You've got to earn the right to play it.

For although the will cannot be inwardly moved by any creature, yet it can be moved inwardly by God.