No, what I am doing is kind by telling people who are useless, "Do something that you're good at".

If your lifeguard duties were as good as your singing, a lot of people would be drowning.

The end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes.

My advice would be if you want to pursue a career in the music business, don't.

Work hard, be patient, and be a sponge while learning your business. Learn how to take criticism. Follow your gut instincts and don't compromise.

I'd say the most dangerous thing I've ever done is probably bungee jumping in Thailand...

I think you have to judge everything based on your personal taste. And if that means being critical, so be it. I hate political correctness. I absolutely loathe it.

That was extraordinary. Unfortunately, extraordinarily bad.

I want people to understand that from the minute Lady Gaga arrived, she created a new set of rules: being different is good; embrace it.

Not everybody is perfect, and I don't think we should be looking for perfect people.

The best way to kill someone is from the inside, by crushing their hopes and dreams.

I didn't know the real reason that she was crying. I was just carried away by the feeling of her in my arms, trembling and warm.

The picture you have in your mind of what you're about will come true.

There is no off position on the genius switch.

I don't think I'm an unkind person, I don't think my books are unkind, and I don't think my readers are unkind.

I don't like the feeling, but I've got to say that a little fear makes me a more focused, more responsible programmer.

Anything good has a magical power! Say something good; it travels around the world without legs; do something good, it flies around the world without wings! Everything good has a mystical power!

I loved him for himself alone.

If you wait until you are ready, it is almost certainly too late.

No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity

Expose a child to a particular environment at this susceptible time and he will perceive in the shapes of that environment until he dies.