I don't believe in anything, only in myself, but I respect all people who believe in something.

There is no more disastrous mania, no more dangerous whim, than the speculation over roads not taken.

What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over.

The saddest thing that can happen to a person is to find out their memories are lies.

The most wonderful thing in life is to do something for a child because they're children for such a short time. We can't allow ourselves to let them live a miserable childhood.

When I was 15, all I knew was that I had to be somebody and that I could be somebody. So I exploited the only thing I knew, which was singing and songwriting.

Art itself is female - it is full of graciousness, cadence, color, rhythm. It's full of love and grace.

Experience, or what we call experience, is not the inventory of our pains, but rather sympathy we learn to feel for the pain of others.

Adulthood brings with it a pernicious illusion of control.

I have a tendency to trust translators, mainly because nobody does it for the money.

...the nostalgia for things that weren't yet lost.

What you were is yesterday.What you are is now.What you can be is tomorrow.What you decide to be is today.

Have goals, Chase dreams, but do not let your happiness depend on their acheivement.

I think the minute you mention death, people run for the hills - unless it's heavy metal. People do not like death.

I have sleepless nights before press days.

The descent into the depths always seems to precede the ascent.

We all make mistakes, some bigger than others, but none of us is perfect.

Don't go for happiness, go for truth!

In France, like in most countries, the respect you receive depends on your class.

Repeat: Sharing the kids bathroom while my master bath gets renovated is family bonding. So fun.

Leaving some areas less finished in a painting, or more out of focus than others, allows the imagination to finish them and gives more importance to the detailed parts.