It was important for me to have a partner who was ballsy.

The reality is, we can change. We can change ourselves. We can change our minds. We can change our hearts. And therefore the universe changes.

I don't regret anything. Everything happens for a reason-it's part of the healing process. Life is a healing process.

Always walk towards open doors. And if they slam shut in your face, kick that sucker in and keep going.

I can’t remember that I was ever looking for anything. I was waiting for something to touch me. It’s like, I’ll be open to it, and see if it moves me. There has to be a "falling in love" moment.

In saving Tibet, you save the possibility that we are all brothers, sisters.

Everyone responds to kindness.

There are times when telling lies are not a bad thing. It can be a compassionate thing. But to make it benign, you have to be aware of your compassionate reasons for telling that lie.

I'm younger than I once was. Internally. Less self-conscious. Less insecure.

I don't think that bravery is about skin. Bravery is about a willingness to show emotional need.

People get offended by animal rights campaigns. It's ludicrous. It's not as bad as mass animal death in a factory.

I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

I've learned this, that haters wanna hate. You could sing a song perfectly, you could write the songs perfectly, and some people are absolutely going to hate you.

Freedom. I will not give you up.

I truly believe that when you've found the one you're searching for, you become a better version of yourself. You're better for it.

You can’t let your current circumstances dictate what kind of choices you make.

Psychologists now recognize that the need in some people to have a dozen cats is really a sublimated desire to have two dozen cats.

You seldom get a censorship attempt from a 14-year-old boy. It's the adults who get upset.

Sometimes, love was not enough.

This wretched brain gave way, and I became a wreck at random driven, without one glimpse of reason or heaven.

The most pitiful human ailment is a birdseed heart.