She turned the key, never taking her eyes from him.

That a day spent with dreaming and sunsets and refreshing breezes cannot be bettered.

Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it.

I fell in love with her when we were together, then fell deeper in love with her in the years we were apart.

You are, and always have been, my dream.

In the blink of an eye, something happens by chance - when you least expect it - sets you on a course that you never planned, into a future you never imagined.

I want you to be.... happy.

I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?

The scariest thing about distance is that you don’t know whether they’ll miss you or forget you.

You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.

Writing the last page of the first draft is the most enjoyable moment in writing. It's one of the most enjoyable moments in life, period.

I'm not an awards-driven person in anything. Anytime you do get caught up in that, you usually end up getting whacked.

War should be made a crime, and those who instigate it should be punished as criminals.

Music is my life and my passion.

If you're gonna get mad at me every time I do something stupid, then I guess I'll just have to stop doing stupid things.

In China, the state controls the corporations, whereas in the United States, the corporations control the state.

You are a black goddess when you come out the salon.

Love is the substance of all life. Everything is connected in love, absolutely everything.

There is a definite moment when a work congeals and crystallizes. Once I am finished with a painting, I am happy to send it off into the world so I can get to work on the next one.

The greatest enemy of progress is your last success, you could become so proud of what you've already accomplished that you stop moving ahead to what you can still accomplish

Public Speaking is a skill that can be studied, polished, perfected. Not only can you get good at it, you can get damn good at it and it makes a heck of a difference.