Happiness is a choice. Choose to be happy.

I think it's something that needs to be said - that there are interracial marriages out there, and the couples live happy lives, and there's nothing wrong with it.

Money comes and goes. When you pass away it's about what you've done to make this world a better place.

I'm very structured. I like planning things out. I get frustrated when they don't go according to plan.

Before becoming a mom, I never knew how good I had it to just spend time at a spa for a few hours. Now, those days are far and between. So when I have an hour, it's all about the mani and pedi.

There's nobody in the world that knows me better than my sister

I love yoga because not only is it a workout for your body, but also your breathing, which helps release a lot of stress. It really prepares you for the day.

Having a second chance makes you want to work even harder.

I think the best thing about being pregnant would definitely have to be seeing just my belly grow and seeing, like, wow, there is, you know, something inside of me.

I like to embrace natural beauty. I try to get at least 8 hours of sleep, drinking a lot of water and exercising.

Nobody's life is perfect and in the grand scheme of things, life is short. I think it's so important to live life to its fullest and choose to smile.

Knowledge is an intellectual art.Wisdom is a spiritual discipline.

Where justice if negotiable, filthiness becomes delectable

I think once you have done all you can to a manuscript, let it find its way in the world.

Let’s see . . . ah, yes, this is nice and cozy.” It was a broom cupboard.

I can't write without a reader. It's precisely like a kiss - you can't do it alone.

We are advocates of the abolition of war, we do not want war; but war can only be abolished through war.

Former Olympians also get paid to make appearances. Many of them won their medals in an era when Olympic success didn't go hand-in-hand with financial success.

I was not so comfortable with my new authority that I could say 'We eat the chicken now!' but the magus had seen that I was considering it.

I love the way that each book -- any book -- is its own journey. You open it, and off you go. You are changed in some way, large or small, by having traveled with those characters.

I knew about things like Iggy Pop and The Velvet Underground, weirdly, before I knew about David Bowie. I didn't know what David Bowie was, when I was a kid. I thought he was like Visage.