My mother certainly loves caviar, but I think that's generational - they grew up thinking it's romantic or sophisticated or something.

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.

The proof that one truly believes is in action.

The shovel is the brother to the gun.

A man must keep his earnestness nimble, to escape ridicule.

Love is a landscape the long mountains define but don't shut off from the unseeable distance.

I don't ever want to be doing the same sort of thing, I never want to be typecast, because I have way too much to give to be sort of, to always be the hot chick in the movie.

I remember people saying to us, "You're too nice. Hollywood is going to eat you up and spit you out." I never listened to them.

By far the best dressing up outfit I ever had was a wonderful pair of clown dungarees, which my Granny made.

There will be good days and bad, which means that some days I may be cranky and some days really cranky!

The Iliad is the private lives of people thrown into disorder by history.

Books are a triviality. Life alone is great.