It's not unusual for kids in their twenties to be mad at their parents.

Just trying to do something - just being there, showing up - is how we get braver. Self-esteem is about doing.

When in doubt, do the obvious.

Adulthood was invented to repair the wounds of childhood.

The American notion of family is perhaps the most romanticized, deep-rooted, and misery-producing fantasy of the last hundred years.

Getting enough of what you want without depriving anyone else is the ultimate act of selfishness and sanity.

She's an idiot. She's looking at life through a selfish, lusty haze.

Superstition is just fantasy with attitude; it's a way of erroneously trying to control events.

You're much more interesting when you're online - all of us are.

You don't need a reason to divorce someone you can't stand.

It does no good to be right, if what you're craving is wrong.

Don't forget to love yourself.

Life is not just black and white, there are a million shades in between.

Being inspired is one thing, but completely knocking off a design is another. There is a big difference.

You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.

If you fall, I will catch you. I will be waiting, time after time.

I speak of the current civilization and I consider her not as a symbol but as victim-victim, really, of the commercialization, of the falsification of this real world. That is my theme.

The Beatles and the Stones are for blowing your mind. The Doors are for afterward, when your mind is already gone . . .

Hypothetical questions get hypothetical answers.

They [US soldiers] started to commit suicide on the Baghdad walls. We will encourage them to double their suicide attempts.

Europe sees itself as a liberal-minded society. It has no desire to be, nor can it be, a "Christian club.