What is it when your former life becomes your dreams? The things you took for granted are now in that mystical realm where you can only see them with your eyes closed, ephemeral and distant.

I have a hundred million fans, Angela, but I have very few friends.

Appreciate the things and people in your life while remaining independent of them. Give thanks for them, but realize that they do not complete you. Only you can complete you.

I need good friends who can say, 'I love you to death, but you look terrible in that, and you need to change right now.'

One day, when I own a house, I'll keep a library full of books. Books are different from other possessions-they're more like friends.

There's no saving me.

A mother's love is like an island, In life's ocean vast and wide, A peaceful, quiet shelter, From the restless, rising tide.

An ounce of emotion is equal to a ton of facts.

I prefer milk because I am a Prohibitionist, but I do not go to it for inspiration.

God has, quite literally, all the time in the world for each one of us.

The Great Hall at the Met is one of the great portals of the world... From there, you can walk in any direction to almost any culture.