One must learn to be a sponge if one wants to be loved by hearts that overflow.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There is always madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

Those who speak of progression but are afraid of change are self-repressed and therefore unable to reach any further than their eyes can already see.

Humanity is defined by its struggles, not doomed by them. It is in the way we endure those struggles that we transcend our lower nature and enter a higher realm.

He's a chip o' th' old block.

My beauty icons are women whose images are self-created.

Even when folks are hitting you over the head, you can't stop marching. Even when they're turning the hoses on you, you can't stop.

You're not only the spotlight in which you perform, but the shadows where you practice.

I want to be a work of art, at least in my soul, since I can’t be one in my body.

I think that like all writers - and if any writer disagrees with this, then he is not a writer - I write primarily for myself

The aim of torture is to destroy a person as a human being, to destroy their identity and soul. It is more evil than murder.

I was raised by a strong mother and I never felt like I had to be a role, you know, I was just me, who I am.