There are no ultimate ends. Only games and more games. The winner this round is the loser the next round. Only the game is eternal. And the game is always the same, if you never change the rules.

I used a lot of quotes when I was young. To make me sound mature, to make me feel like I wasn't the second-class entity that I'd always thought I was

Don't be afraid of the darkLook insideGrab your heartLet it shineIf it's dark outsideShine your light

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

You come to America, and, if you do a big TV show, then you can be overexposed, or old, before you're new.

Accent your positive and delete your negative.

I write a lot of lyrics and I'm involved in the producing process, because it's like, if I'm singing it, I want it to be something that I can relate to.

Masks are what they seem to be; not so the faces beneath them.

When I was single my career was my life, so everything I did was of grave importance and was greatly disturbing.

Self-nurturance, or learning to bask in bliss, is an acquired art form.

My next book is on the Salem witch trials. As a small-town Massachusetts girl, this makes me very happy. So does the reunion with documents!

I had to quit ballet because it felt like a part of me was dying inside.