When I was in high school in St. Louis my best friend was Marsha Mason. Marsha was a year ahead of me.

I like a boyish quality in a man, somebody who is still adventurous. But I have no rules. I do not care - within reason - about your chronological age. I care whether you have passion in your life.

I'm not perfect, but those flaws make an interesting person.

I don't ever want to get too comfortable in my career or life. My nature is such that I'm always looking for new challenges.

I date older men, and I date younger men. I have no rules about that.

I don't think perfect is interesting. I think what makes life exciting is the imperfections.

Without living the most chaotic internal storms, you can’t get the calmness of the wisdom! Wisdom is the child of the storm.

Books aren't written - they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't quite done it.

The journey of the sun and moon is predictable, but yours is your ultimate art.

Violence isn't the answer.

As a matter of fact we have to take special precautions during a battle to post police, to prevent more unwounded men than are necessary from accompanying a wounded man back from the firing line.

So she listened hard. And she began to evolve, because stories work their magic that way. They build conviction and erode conviction in equal measure.

Never yield to gloomy anticipation. Place your hope and confidence in God. He has no record of failure

It's just kind of, we do a lot of songs when it's an artist of that magnitude, like Beyoncé. You're not sending her one song; you're sending her 20 ideas.

Right now I'm just trying to survive, I know I'm gonna get there, dead or alive.

I see a big difference between the Republican candidate and the Democratic candidate.