Average. It was the worst, most disgusting word in the English language. Nothing meaningful or worthwhile ever came from that word.

When you have the paparazzi hiding in the bushes outside your home, the only thing you can control is how you respond publicly.

There's a fine line between being private and being ashamed.

Just look at all the awards shows now. It has turned into a catwalk. You have to be wearing a certain designer, a certain dress, and everyone's critiquing.

And I somehow always felt less lonely when I was completely alone.

Most important, in order to find real happiness, you must learn to love yourself for the totality of who you are and not just what you look like.

My sexuality is a part of me that I really like. But it's not the totality of me.

True nobility isn't about being better than anyone else; it's about being better than you used to be.

Restriction generates yearning. You want what you cannot have.

I married him for a green card. We had a really great, caring relationship; it just obviously wasn't right for me.

If you've looked at all the glamour magazines lately, all the covers are actresses. If they are on those covers, they are going to try to emulate models. That's just the way it is.

Voltaire expected that within fifty years of his lifetime there would not be one Bible in the world. His house is now a distribution centre for Bibles in many languages.

Maturity isn't a product of growing older. It's a product of growing wiser.

When you discover that all happiness is inside you, the wanting and needing are over, and life gets very exciting.

See a person's means ... Observe his motives. Examine that in which he rests. How can a person conceal his character?

Why not sit around a Beverly Hills pool collecting residual cheques? That is not the kind of life I want.

Believers are inclined to attribute their spiritual successes to their godliness when it would be more accurate to connect them with God's faithfulness.

Paint with joy - with the same joy that you would make love to a woman.

A lot of times, jazz musicians try to educate people. What other genre does that?

After the phone call from The New Yorker, I walked more than a mile to church to thank God. But then I told God I would talk to Him another time and darted home.

A good heart 'is worth gold.