Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about.

An apology is the superglue of life. It can repair just about anything.

No matter how old you are, there's always something good to look forward to.

The most profound statements are often said in silence.

In a way, a certain amount of self-criticism is a good thing, because it keeps you humble. Realizing that no matter what success you've achieved, you can still make enemies makes you humble, too.

You don't have to die in order to make a living!

Only a couple of times have I ever been to church and felt enlightened by it.

Not being able to sleep is terrible. You have the misery of having partied all night... Without the satisfaction.

You think about child abuse and you think of a father viciously attacking a daughter or a son, but in my family it was my mother. My mother, I would say, was a... very brutal disciplinarian.

And my father was a comic. He could play any musical instrument. He loved to perform. He was a wonderfully comedic character. He had the ability to dance and sing and charm and analyze poetry.

Never tell anyone that you're writing a book, going on a diet, exercising, taking a course, or quitting smoking. They'll encourage you to death.

And hope is but a dream of those that wake.

Never did she find anything so difficult as to keep herself from losing her temper when she was suddenly disturbed while absorbed in a book.

When hopeful and hopeless come together, both will learn great things from each other: Hopeful will learn the horror of being hopeless and the hopeless will learn the beauty of being hopeful!

One does not always do the best there is. One does the best one can.

I was always treated as if I had insisted on being born, in opposition to the dictates of reason, religion, and morality, and against the dissuadinig arguments of my best friends.

If something happened where I couldnt write music anymore, it would kill me. Its not just a job. Its not just a hobby. Its why I get up in the morning.

What tried to demolish me, I allowed to polish me.

Individuals have conquered themselves. Nations and large bodies of men, never.

In these times, the hardest task for social or political activists is to find a way to get people to wonder again about what we all believe is true. The challenge is to sow doubt.

That which is denied gains power, and seeks strange and unexpected forms of manifestation.