Why are we not valuing the word 'feminism' when there is so much work to be done in terms of empowerment and emancipation of women everywhere?

Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.

The future hasn't happened yet and the past is gone. So I think the only moment we have is right here and now, and I try to make the best of those moments, the moments that I'm in.

There are two kinds of artists left: those who endorse Pepsi and those who simply won't.

I was brought up in a tenement house in a working district. We didn't even have a bathroom! We had a gaslight in the hallway and a black-and-white TV.

This is the book I never read ~ These are the words I never said ~ This is the path I'll never tread ~ These are the dreams I'll dream instead

I played with the image, because I think image is temporary. It's a projection. It's illusory.

I love to be individual, to step beyond gender.

You have to face things, have faith in what you do and go for it. Think, 'What's the worst that could happen?'

Humankind seems to have an enormous capacity for savagery, for brutality, for lack of empathy, for lack of compassion.

A lot of music you might listen to is pretty vapid, it doesn't always deal with our deeper issues. These are the things I'm interested in now, particularly at my age.

Before God, I'm an intimate. Before people, I'm a servant. Before the powers of hell, I'm a ruler, with no tolerance for their influence. Wisdom knows which role to fulfill at the proper time

I am now going from a prison to a palace: I have finished my work, and am now going to receive my wages.

When I started writing my stories, I thought that not only nobody outside my language, but nobody outside my neighbourhood would get them.

My views naturally have mellowed. Most of the critics have been more or less nice to me

I try to show the freedom to be yourself, unapologetically and irreverently.

I like to invent the dialogue that I want to have heard.

Don't let a man put anything over on you except an umbrella.

Nothing is more beautiful in the eyes of God than a soul that loves to hear His Word.

I love zoo sanctuaries.

Every time you think all the technology that had been created already, all you have to do is look around and then there's someone new who's born with a new idea.