The smallest act has repercussions for the universe.

You gotta love yourself, because when you're hurting - you never know who's gonna be around to do the lovin' for ya. You gotta love yourself through the pain.

I think true beauty is everywhere. Be it. See it. Notice it. Love it. Be grateful for it. Marvel at it. It's everywhere. It's all around us all the time.

There's a lot of life on the planet that needs love, wants love, deserves love, in whatever capacity we are able.

Nothing is all good or all bad, nothing is black or white, everything is just messy and human and difficult.

I have to welcome the pain like I welcome the joy.

I feel it is a blessing, a duty, an honor, that we give the love that we have, and we share the lives that we have with our fullest heart.

If I'm feeling hurt, sad, lonely, depressed, and then I shame myself for feeling that, then that's a black hole for me. I really have worked a lot to meet pain with both gratitude and gentleness.

'Notorious' is a masterwork. I can watch it every day.

There are a lot of women who feel that they have done all the work in their relationship only for someone else to step in and take the love and credit for it.

My dad used to say, 'Just be yourself and you'll be fine,' but it's really, really true.

To buy a cake... to howl at the moon... to know true happiness... I am happy.

The prospect of death is nature's way of encouraging us to strive for greatness.

Getting hit is not cool.

If you decide to become a dancer on Broadway, never say who your favorite dance partner is, because members of the media will presume you never want to dance with anybody else.

When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.

She told me I wasn't playing for the coach, I was playing for myself.

All of us have far too much to do to waste our time and energies in criticism, faultfinding, or the abuse of others.

Cruelty and fear shake hands together.

[Optimism] acts as a self-fulfilling prophecy.

I had art as a major, along with English, French and History. I had dance, modern dance. In English I was allowed to write my own poetry, which I eventually got published.