When you stop putting yourself on the line, and you don't touch your own heart, how do you expect to touch other people?

For the most part, pianos are female to me. Sometimes they're dykes, and they're always good fun.

Women must understand that simply attacking or hating men is just another form of disempowerment. A woman has to realize that when she makes a man crawl it doesn't give her power.

Guys would sleep with a bicycle if it had the right color lip gloss on. They have no shame. They're like bull elks in a field.

Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.

Some of the most wonderful people are the ones who don't fit into boxes.

We are all fairies living underneath a leaf of a lily pad.

It's emotional blackmail to say if you're a good businesswoman and a musician, you're betraying your music.

People think I'm nuts because I can sit in a room and be happy by myself.

The sense of loss is such a tricky one, because we always feel like our worth is tied up into stuff that we have, not that our worth can grow with things we are willing to lose.

Some people hide more than others, and it does intrigue me.

The greatest thing in all the world is loving. The second greatest in all the world is learning.

I smoke pot because I want to go to heaven before I die

The wages Haiti requires by law belong in the department of science fiction: actual wages on coffee plantations vary from $.07 to $.15 a day

Plagiarism is necessary, progress implies it

If thou wouldst be interesting, keep thy personality in the background, and be great and strong in and through thy subject.

I can't write unless I'm overlooking water.

I always get inspiration from whatever characters say about my character.

O Lord, I wish to promote thy holy religion which is dreadfully neglected. I am desirous to save young persons from the vices of the age.

Criticism comes to those who stand out.

It's quite true I'm not drinking anymore; however, I'm not drinking any less either.