My favorite films are ones that have my lines in it, and I like those lines. And I like to hear them.

Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

Sometimes you can only find Heaven by slowly backing away from Hell.

If my life wasn't funny it would just be true, and that is unacceptable.

No motive is pure. No one is good or bad-but a hearty mix of both. And sometimes life actually gives to you by taking away.

My heart's in the right place. I know, 'cuz I hid it there.

Bipolar disorder can be a great teacher. It's a challenge, but it can set you up to be able to do almost anything else in your life.

I am mentally ill. I can say that. I am not ashamed of that. I survived that, I'm still surviving it, but bring it on. Better me than you.

There is no point at which you can say, "Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap."

I get lots of awards for being mentally ill. Apparently, I am better at being mentally ill than almost anything else I've ever done. Seriously - I have a shelf of awards for being bipolar.

You know the bad thing about being a survivor... You keep having to get into difficult situations in order to show off your gift.

If you want to be treated like a queen then start acting like one. No arrogance or games. Be humble, graceful, kind & loving.

If you treat a girl like a dog, she is going to piss on you.

Here’s what I tell people now when they come to my shows: “First of all, thank you for stimulating the economy, or at least my economic package.”

I believe it is possible that I shall make other creeds, and change this one, or add to it, from time to time, as new light may come to me.

I won't cry cause I live to die, with my mind on my money and my guns in the sky.

I wished to see storms only on those coasts where they raged with most violence.

The wheel begins its only if turning. / It had never stopped. / This is life's bargain that motion / Is hope.

What we talked about will have to remain a secret between him and me. I spoke to him as a brother whom I have pardoned and who has my complete trust.

The most culpable of the excesses of Liberty is the harm she does herself.

I like murder mysteries, the Agatha Christie kinds of things where you know that it's all going to be neatly wound up at the end.