The slave who dances is free ... while he is dancing.

There is no light without shadow, just as there is no happiness without pain.

Aphrodite is about lust and gluttony - the only two sins worth committing, in my opinion.

You are the storyteller of your own life, and you can create your own legend, or not.

For women, the best aphrodisiacs are words. The G-spot is in the ears. He who looks for it below there is wasting his time.

I can promise you that women working together - linked, informed and educated - can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.

It is a wonderful truth that things we want most in life-a sense of purpose, happiness and hope-are most easily attained by giving them to others.

Fear is inevitable, I have to accept that, but I cannot allow it to paralyze me.

There is no death, daughter. People die only when we forget them,' my mother explained shortly before she left me. 'If you can remember me, I will be with you always.

We all have an unsuspected reserve of strength inside that emerges when life puts us to the test.

Heart is what drives us and determines our fate.

With the need for the self in the time of another / I left my seaport grim and dear / knowing good work could be made / in the state governed by both Hope and Despair.

The ultimate purpose of education is to learn how to find and see the beauty of creation so that you may feel the joy of life.

Let go of all the pain. Embrace the joy of life.

You are a failure not the time when you are defeated.. but when you give up fighting.

A strange girl, all phosphorous and cantharides, burning with every desire! And burning with every vice!

We're working-class people, which means we don't get rich or have maids. Be content with what you are and what you have.

My interest in magic was kindled by Steve Martin, the comedian I'd gone to high school with.

Critics are more committed to the rules of art than artists are.

Everyone is replaceable, including me.

For me to bring a character to life, you've got to be able to find your own truth.