The world is full of more interesting things than my voice.

Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

I do believe we're all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe in the power of prayer. I do believe in putting good out into the world. And I believe in taking care of each other.

The great thing about suicide is that it's not one of those things you have to do now or you lose your chance. I mean, you can always do it later.

Nothing binds a people to their leader like a common enemy. Voters don’t change governments during war.

Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, inspire and motivate.

Change your mind as often as possible. Just because you thought something yesterday doesn't mean you have to think it today. Don't ever become a prisoner of your own opinion

Time will tell us what we did and didn't do.

Anyone with a smart phone is a potential eyewitness cameraman capturing and transmitting stories at speeds that turn Reuter photos and traditional reporting into, well... yesterday’s news.

I guess a drag queen's like an oil painting: You gotta stand back from it to get the full effect.

All of the important acts of creation and destruction involve the issuance of words and the application of signature.

Inspiration needs disease, injury, madness.

At no time did I intend to, or do I believe that I did put forward false information to the American people.

There were some ups and downs. But it is about how you overcome those ups and downs.

Writers should avoid the academy. When a writer begins to accept pay for talking about words, we know what he will produce soon: nothing but words.

Getting a lecture on restraint from the woman who threw a hissy fit and blew up Babylon.

Your self-worth has nothing to do with your craft or calling, and everything to do with how you treat yourself.

You are the one. Solid the spaces lean on, envious. You are the baby in the barn.

Without the eye, the head is blind. Without the head, the eye is adrift.

There is nothing finer than to be alone with nothing to distract you.