My life was changed in one breath from God.

God had to create disco music so I could be born and be successful.

I don't care if I'm beautiful; I don't care what I am on the outside. It isn't about the outside.

Nobody wants you to stop, obviously because you're a moneymaking machine. But you have to make the decision and you have to move forward. So I took time off to have babies and do all that.

Heaven knows, it's not the way it could be.

I need you by me, beside me, to guide me, to hold me, to scold me, cause when I'm bad, I'm so, so bad.

Let's say that, in reality, I'm basically very shy when it comes to men.

I am sensual and very physical. I'm very erotic. But my sexuality exists on a sort of a fantasy level.

If you've never been to one of my concerts. I want you to know that it is OK to scream and yell.

She works hard for the money so you better treat her right.

You've got to maintain your level of self-esteem through everything. You are who you are, and nobody will ever be able to take that from you if you don't let them

I suppose that means you don’t want any band-aids, either, ” I said, a touch more bitterly than I’d meant to.

I really want readers to put themselves into the shoes of each character. So the opening lines are an orienting technique: this is where you are, this is who you are. Go.

I do have a lucky pair of underwear.

Isn't it odd how much fatter a book gets when you've read it several times?

We'll have all the best of this and Heaven too, the best of two Worlds!-Heaven now and Heaven to come!

When I was young, I lived like an old woman, and when I got old, I had to live like a young person.

Don't be afraid to face the facts, and never lose your ability to ask the questions: Why? and How?

Stop giving someone else the job of making you happy.

Sin is much more than doing the wrong thing. It begins withloving, worshiping, and serving the wrong thing.

It's very noble of President Obama to want to stay at the helm and maybe go down with this sinking ship.