It was just very interesting to me that certain types of women inspire people's imagination, and all of them were very difficult women.

That is all I want in life: for this pain to seem purposeful.

I start to get the feeling that something is really wrong.

Everything's plastic, we're all going to die sooner or later, so what does it matter.

I admire Bruce Springsteen because he's a heroic person who has lots of integrity and has this incredible body of work that is so vital.

Depression is about as close as you get to somewhere between dead and alive, and it's the worst.

...occasionally I wished I could walk through a picture window and have the sharp, broken shards slash me to ribbons so I would finally look like I felt.

homesickness is just a state of mind for me. i'm always missing someone or someplace or something, i'm always trying to get back to some imaginary somewhere. my life has been one long longing.

Insanity is knowing that what you're doing is completely idiotic, but still, somehow, you just can't stop it.

The voices in my head, which I used to think were just passing through, seem to have taken up residence.

In life, single women are the most vulnerable adults. In movies, they are given imaginary power.

Marriage is more about work than about divine luck, more about finding someone to love than about finding someone to meet your own laundry list of personal needs.

When interacting with corporate government agents, always assume that they are corrupt until proven otherwise.

Difference between being Rich and Being Wealthy? Time...Nothing is more important than TIME... can't buy it back ever.

Refuse to let the fear of rejection hold you back. Remember, rejection is never personal.

Commitment means losing yourself to gain something temporary. Nothing lasts. Not looks. Not love.

I get a huge kick out of training people, out of helping people, out of just being a part of a process that I get to see people's dreams come true.

You learn from mistakes, you learn from losses, but this game doesn't put something on me where it's, 'Hey, I've finally done it. This was a big game. We won it and we have to move on.'

For a devotee or lover, the being, worshipped or loved, will always be the only one for her or him.

Untouchability is a terrible reality.

When you're me, when you're R. Kelly, everybody wants a piece of you, and if you don't give 'em a piece they'll find a way to get a piece of you one way or the other.