There is now, in my mouth, this sharp chain. And it never comes out.

A child is born into a world of phenomena all equal in their power to enslave.

That's what his stare has been saying to me all this time: 'At least I galloped - when did you?

To go through life and call it yours - your life - you first have to get your own pain. Pain that's unique to you. You can't just dip into the common bin and say 'That's enough!

I am happy in every moment and every day. My happiness depends on me, not on the way.

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.

If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree.

Even success needs its consolations.

We each need to make our lion's roar - to persevere with unshakable courage when faced with all manner of doubts and sorrows and fears - to declare our right to awaken.

Never did I think that I became family entertainment.

I expertly angled my raison bran to accomodate the g-forces.

Novelists have to love humanity to write anything worthwhile. Poets have to love themselves.

I advise that pregnant women do not come to my concerts.

There were so many odd, strange things about Abraham Lincoln that I think nobody knew how to pigeonhole him.