That was the trouble with people in general: they were surprisingly unrealistic in their expectations.

We shall change all that...because it is possible to change the world, if one is determined enough, and if one sees with sufficient clarity just what has to be changed.

The recipe for each child is just for that child, even if it is the same mother and father.

If we let the men talk about them and decide them, then suddenly we wake up and find out that the men have made all the decisions, and these decisions all suit men.

Twitter is a serious writing distraction. As are grapefruits. The two have nothing else in common.

Love you always, miss you always... running day and night, leaving the place of sun and moon, of ice and snow.Never look back, never forget.

It is important to foster individuality, for only the individual can produce the new ideas.

I can't just only be on reality TV and show everything when it's the fairy princess, fairytale, and then not take my hits when I have to.

What I want for Christmas is to be a Japanese pop star. [Laughs] Santa can't exactly put that under the tree, but I'm hoping that some magic will happen overseas.

Life is short, I have no time for drama.

Art is the human process that produces by the way (it is not its only or ultimate object) Secondary Belief.

I think when people hear about a celebrity writing a book of any kind, the assumption is that it was dictated to a ghostwriter.

I've seen a lot of doom and gloom and depressing things, and it's [the] youth that give me hope.

I think there are families that are very kind and supportive of people's ability to change. People who come from such families may go through life without dipping into the dark night.