No one thought I would be successful. Everyone thought I would fail. You have no idea how much courage it took for me to do this.

Don't close the book when bad things happen in your life! Just turn the page and start a new chapter!

I'll never stop dreaming that one day we can be a real family, together, all of us laughing and talking, loving and understanding, not looking at the past but only to the future.

The end of the trial and the 'not guilty' verdicts on all counts, clearing Michael of all charges, mean that he can now concentrate on the future and his art.

When I'm ready, I plan to adopt. I still believe in family.

This is a very big victory for Michael and we are all very proud that he has been completely and totally vindicated in court, as we were certain he would be.

I think that every day we are taught lessons and sometimes we don't realize or see it.

You do learn from what you've done in the past.

I realize now I didn't really want to die. I just wanted to stop the hurt and pain.

He will be beginning a brand new chapter in the Michael Jackson legend.

When I finally decided to do the show, I only had two weeks to learn the choreography and the songs in French.

Complaining is truly my strongest weakness.

The only genre I have any problem with is musicals, but that's just my own tastes it's nothing to do with the films.

...when you resist what happens, your mind begins to race; the same thoughts that impinge upon you are actually created by you.

Irresponsibility breeds irresponsibility. The finances of government are so central. You'd think that would be pretty obvious.

As a model you have to convey something with one look - and actors will have a scene and they can sort of do it, but models have to convey what photographers want. It's a bit of an art.

That's ridiculous. The only point in having enemies is so you can defeat them, kill them, brush them aside." "Or give them a chance to redeem themselves.

Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation.

For the longest time, it felt kind of like my chest was cracking open, but not precisely in an unpleasant way.

For the book to succeed, it has to have equal parts ugliness and beauty, counterpoints adding up to emotional complexity. To me, there's a dignity in letting your art be emotionally complex.

Bear ye one another's burdens, the Lord said, and he was talking law.