I don't know anyone who is a writer who isn't influenced by the relationships in their life.

Across the board, from my mother to my father to my aunts and uncles, everybody has always given me a lot of love.

I like down-to-earth people.

Nothing is more powerful than beauty in a wicked world.

I'm in love with a girl who's in love with the world.

I'm not into cold weather, I like warm weather.

Theres nothing but spirit in music. Thats all it is. Yeah, theres a lot of intellectual elements to it, but no matter how you approach it, its all spirit.

I can relate to soul, R&B... whatever people want to call me is fine. I just hope it makes them feel something.

I'm not a mass-appeal artist.

I don't know anything about music theory at all. Zero. But I don't really need to.

I wasn't a very good teacher.

Be careful, darling. Your footsteps land heavy here. Your racket will wake the dragons.

Do the least harm and the most good.

I don't really find girls to be any more dramatic or delicate than boys; I've known plenty of little boys who've had miserable breakdowns over things... in fact, I was one of them!

To obtain success, you must get the most out of your ability and to do that you must work on your weaknesses.

I was just dying to get out of my twenties.

There is no reason not to support energy exploration in ANWR.

The duty of lovers is to tarnish the Golden Rule

There may be no single thing more important in our efforts to achieve meaningful work and fulfilling relationships than to learn to practice the art of communication.

It is the success which makes great men.

If all we are for is black people and white people who like black people, then I have nothing to say to Trump who is only for white people and black people who like him.