Lady Gaga is not afraid to own who she is.

Speak louder than the words before you, and give them meaning no one else has found. The role we play is so important.

I have a girlfriend and she really keeps me grounded. Makes me normal.

You can be anything you want to be as long as you know who you are. Paradoxically, once you realize this, you begin to lose your sense of self.

New mysteries. New day. Fresh doughnuts.

The logic of the heart is absurd.

It takes few words to tell the truth.

For behavior, men learn it, as they take diseases, one of another.

Over in Iraq after you vote they paint your finger purple so you can't vote again. It's a flawless system. It works perfectly unless, of course, someone has paint remover.

Forcing yourself to use restricted means is the sort of restraint that liberates invention. It obliges you to make a kind of progress that you can't even imagine in advance.

Nobody comes to Earth to dodge problems. We come here to take 'em on.

The problem that we have is that most Americans don't even study American history, let alone Pinochet, Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin and all these guys.

People’s stories are the most personal thing they have, and paying attention to those stories is just about the most important thing you can do for them.