The first time anything happens to you - your first love, your first success - the second one is never the same.

Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.

I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.

I am not a has-been. I am a will-be.

Life is amazing, life is odd. Life is not what you expected it to be. Things happen... Growing up takes longer than you think.

You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought.

Standing still is the fastest way of moving backwards in a rapidly changing world.

There are guys who want to screw around all the time, which interests me not at all. God knows we've done that, been there, and we don't want to do that any more.

Legends are all to do with the past and nothing to do with the present.

Growing up takes longer than you think.

Stardom isn't a profession, it's an accident.

I am grateful to be alive.

The burning flame is the fierce fire.

For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That is why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones.

Caregiving requires the intention of love, caretaking requires the intention of fear. Not acting in anger when you are angry requires the intention of love.

I really wanted to pursue music, but all those other girls are doing it and it is annoying.

We torment ourselves rather to make it appear that we are happy than to become so.

If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow.

The amazing heroic women in labor, they are the truest inspiration, and when they push their babies into the light... I am astonished every time.

A miler's kick does the trick...A miler's kick does the trick.