Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at the sun.' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground.

If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.

Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It's beyond me.

I have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in my search for reality, rather than climb upon the rattling wagon of wishful illusions.

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.

All my skinfolk ain't kinfolk.

There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.

I love myself when I am laughing. . . and then again when I am looking mean and impressive.

Bitterness is the coward's revenge on the world for having been hurt.

If you haven't got it, you can't show it. If you have got it, you can't hide it.

The Bible, sacred writings.

Never pass up the chance to be kissing someone. It's the worst kind of regret.

He felt ready to face the devil, and strutted in the ballroom with the swagger of a cavalier.

A pencil is a wand and a weapon. Be careful. Protect yourself. It can be glorious.

Confidence is something you're born with. I know I had loads of it even at the age of 15.

It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor.

there are lots of ways of answering a letter - and writing doesn't happen to be mine.

I'm very low-maintenance when it comes to my beauty routine.

In between goals is a thing called life, that has to be lived and enjoyed.

Preparation is the biggest key right now.