Platonic friendship-the interval between the introduction and the first kiss.

The line of least resistance is to most people the lifeline.

Some people are jewels in the wrong setting.

A friend is one who withholds judgment no matter how long you have his unanswered letter.

Riches may not bring happiness, but neither does poverty.

It is wise to be sure, but otherwise to be too sure.

There are two kinds of trouble: The kind you have and the kind you haven't. There are but few of the first sort, but of the second there is no end.

What is Paris? ... Where nobody throws stones, for all live in glass houses.

Never expect too much from a friend and you will never want for one.

Enough of anything is plenty, but plenty to some people is never enough.

The penalty of greatness is to write autographs.

Passive aggressive behavior is counter productive. Communication is key to a healthy personal and work relationship.

I try to lie as much as I can when I'm interviewed. It's reverse psychology. I figure if you lie, they'll print the truth.

As you get older, your mind gets a little more set. And it needs the poking and prodding and breaking through of stereotypes that I think young people provide.

What we need is not so much personal development, as personal replacement: What we need is not so much personal development, but personal substitution.

Britney Spears has shoulders like a man.

Boys do tell you how they really feel. I think you just have to be in the right place at the right time or maybe be the right person

The medication, the hormones and the relentless frustrations of our lives make us bitchy and you're not allowed to be bitchy in public or people won't like you.

Like I have to pretend like I'm a male rapper, that I got stacks and we're in the club, and what do I want to say. And then, when writing Rare I could just be PJ.

Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what you already know, and you'll see the way to fly.

Weakness is constant strain and misery: weakness is death.