There aren't many idealists in politics.

America was the worst place in the world in which to fail, fall sick, get old or die, because then your problems had crystallised into the unforgivable sin. Failure.

I hate people doing an emotional striptease. It's never genuine or they wouldn't drag outsiders m.

[On Washington, D.C.:] There was no other city in the world where rumor fed upon itself so virulently. Whispers wiped out careers just as cholera destroyed its human victims.

There is always a moment when you think of death as a way easier than life.

Sleep always eluded the pursuer.

Once upon a time, a girl had a father, a prince, a society of friends. Then they betrayed her, so she destroyed them all.

I wouldn't really call myself a feminist. I obviously want equality and equal opportunities to the men.

Thou art moist and soft clay; thou must instantly be shaped by the glowing wheel. [Lat., Udum et molle lutum es: nunc, nunc properandus et acri Fingendus sine fine rota.]

There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.

There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.

The cynics were watchdogs terrifying malefactors. They tried to expose falseness and conceit. That's why their name is still spoken with a snarl.

I wanted the songs to be themselves, instead of worrying about all this crazy slickster production.

The most important thing to do is to set goals. Training is a waste of time if you don't have goals.

I don't think an artist should keep themselves categorized in a specific box.

It’s not a good idea to let on about extreme happy feelings. People get ideas.