We need to remember that we are all created creative and can invent new scenarios as frequently as they are needed.

Nothing will work unless you do.

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

He tangles his hand in my hair, and the other cups my jaw. Although I have this all planned, his lips feel shockingly sweet, swollen and soft, and more like home every time

Happiness means nothing to me. I just want to have meaning and purpose.

I look hot and, most of all, skinny. I love the day after throwing up. I felt like a feather.

At the end of day, people are starving and, if people are starving and thirsty and they need to keep their families alive, people become desperate quickly. There are real world examples of this.

When I was a kid I was the king of mullets. If you’re wearing a rock T-shirt and you’re a fan of Rush – one of the greatest bands in the universe – you’ve got to have a mullet.

To suggest social action for the public good to the city London is like discussing The Origin of Species to a Bishop sixty years ago.

And there's nothing wrong with being a lizard either. Unless you were born to be a hawk.

I'm kind of bipolar in my acting choices because I just want to do a little bit of everything.

A man finds room in the few square inches of the face for the traits of all his ancestors; for the expression of all his history, and his wants.

I just like to play anything that's competitive. If I'm not competing against somebody, then I might as well play something I can enjoy.