Mother believed in enjoying herself. Aunt Mimi believed in enjoying herself, then feeling guilty about it.

About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.

Normal is the average of deviance.

You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.

One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.

Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough.

I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss.

While the angels, all pallid and wan, Uprising, unveiling, affirm That the play is the tragedy, "Man", And its hero the Conqueror Worm.

When I got [my] library card, that was when my life began.

There are many ways to be beautiful. Fighting, swearing, and ignoring tradition could make a women irresistible.

Poetry is a fresh morning spider-web telling a story of moonlit hours of weaving and waiting during a night.

Afflictions sent by providence melt the constancy of the noble minded, but confirm the obduracy of the vile, as the same furnace that liquefies the gold, hardens the clay Charles Caleb Colton.

I don't like the fact that there are so few women in rap.

If Jesus is on Tim Curran's side and Occy is Jesus, who gets to win?

Every mile was redolent of associations, which she would not have missed for the world, but each of which made her cry upon 'the days that are no more' with ineffable longing.

It is good to have companions when occasion arises, and it is good to be contented with whatever comes.

Force is the midwife of every old society pregnant with a new one.

I'll be a role model on my terms, but don't make a role model on your terms.

My grandmother always told me you must keep to your old roads and stick to your original friends and just go through smooth, be careful and stay positive.