My mind is a lock pick always looking for another door to open. I often find those doors by exploring minds of others...

Our sole purpose on this earth is to add value to others. It doesn’t make sense to just exist in people's lives or to be a drain on them, does it?

humans lack good mirrors. It's so hard for anyone to show us how we look, and so hard for us to show anyone how we feel

I'm a bit of a romantic, to a fault. It's led me to some great things and also some sad things. It's made me a better person, to keep a good spirit about dating.

What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.

We deny the severity of our loved one's problem not because we are naive, but because we can't know.

Women's books are kind of discriminated against. If a man writes a book about his family stories, people think of it as literature. If it's a woman, she's 'spilling her guts,' and it's not art.

The London music world isn't a particularly cohesive place. And when I'm composing, I'm not very friendly. I need isolation.

It is easier to contend with evil at the first than at the last.

Retirement: a brand new beginning! How wonderful!