I don't know what to do when I'm not working. I lose my mind if I'm not constantly doing something.

Edie Sedgwick had a cool style; she pushed the envelope for the time.

I don't wanna be Courtney Love - I wanna be Kurt Cobain.

You can wear anything as long as you put a nice pair of shoes with it.

I don't believe there's a hole in the ground with demons in it but I could be wrong. Hell is all around us - it's the way we treat each other and the way we treat the Earth. We already live in it.

I'm just living my life, and I'm not gonna live my life for other people.

'Darkness' is a subjective word; it depends what your viewpoint is and how you live life.

You can spend your whole life planning. But once you're ready, get out there and start doing it.

My lyrics are my diary - you're hearing every detail of my life.

Generally, I like making my own mistakes and learning from them because that's what I think life is about.

I'm pretty, but I'm not, like, a 'pretty girl.'

«Per­ho­nen is not here any­more, » it says, with a voice made of wings and whis­pers.

Many a man never fails because he never tries.

One never hugs one's good luck so affectionately as when listening to the relation of some horrible misfortunes which has overtaken others.

I was influenced growing up by everything from Harlequin romances to Fedor Dostoyevsky and Albert Camus, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, and later Lydia Davis, Mary Gaitskill, bell hooks.

They are who we thought they were!

A chic guy is in a suit. I don't care what kind of tie they wear. I don't care if they even wear a tie, as long as they can carry a suit.

Diversity there certainly is in the world, but it means neither inequality nor untouchability.

Donald Trump amplifies the worst instincts. And his nationalism is really a white racist supremacist nationalism.

I keep writing children’s books, I keep making children’s books, because I still have them inside of me.

A good friend will help you move. But best friend will help you move a dead body.