Judgments that constrain your giving are the very demons that are keeping you from receiving.

Basic human contact - the meeting of eyes, the exchanging of words - is to the psyche what oxygen is to the brain. If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can.

Given the eclectic and constantly shifting nature of my metaphysical inclinations, I will probably never feel certain exactly what an angel is.

At times in my life, I have been utterly lonely. At other times, I've had disgusting infectious diseases. Try admitting these things in our culture.

If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can.

Instead of fretting about getting everything done, why not simply accept that being alive means having things to do? Then drop into full engagement with whatever you're doing, and let the worry go.

Don't expect the future to look like the past. Clear away expectations, and let yourself picture a wild, grand new world.

Whether you've seen angels floating around your bedroom or just found a ray of hope at a lonely moment, choosing to believe that something unseen is caring for you can be a life-shifting exercise.

Although beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, the feeling of being beautiful exists solely in the mind of the beheld.

Standards of beauty are arbitrary. Body shame exists only to the extent that our physiques don't match our own beliefs about how we should look.

Every day brings new choices.

Don’t wait for others to celebrate you, learn to do it yourself.

There was a Texas Ranger one time who said that there's no stopping a man who knows he's in the right and keeps a-coming.

I'm not a fighter. If there's something going on that I really feel strongly about, I'll certainly stand up but I pick my battles...

Be free and express yourself. Do what comes naturally.

I knew I always wanted to sing.

I am told so many ill things of a man, and I see so few in him, that I begin to suspect he has a real but troublesome merit, as being likely to eclipse that of others.

My parents wanted me to be a lawyer. But I don't think I would have been very happy. I'd be in front of the jury singing.

If someone who knows what's going on comes up and says they liked the music, I appreciate that.

It was there that, through a mutual friend, I met John Waters - proving what I've always said: you meet the best people on field trips.

Humor could not flourish in a wholly serious and rational atmosphere.