I find that most people [in social media] just want me to say "happy birthday" to their mom or wish them good luck with their exams.

Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.

The most political thing you can do is be yourself

I am what I am. There's nothing I can do about it.

The best thing you can do is work on your personality because we're all gonna get ugly.

I'm very uncomfortable with the idea of vaginas. They bother me in the way that spiders bother some people.

Karma chameleon: we come and go, we come and go.

After half an hour the drug hit me like a sensuous tidal wave. I turned into a tactile temptress and wanted to stroke the whole world. It gave me untold confidence.

Everything I think in life is about context and intention.

The ultimate goal is to be more satisfied. I really don't believe you get wiser because you get older. It's a choice, perhaps not to take some things so seriously

Taboo was kind of celebrating trash, the kind of records you secretly loved, like Yes Sir, I Can Boogie, by Baccara [laughs] - things that you probably shouldn't like.

It's true. The storms won't last forever. The nasty weather will never last. There is always that light at the end of the tunnel.

Our deepest (and fastest) yearnings can be tempered by reason and experience

It is how hard you want, what you want that gets it.

Self-respect leads to self-discipline.

My whole life has been dedicated to public service.

There's music in the sighing of a reed; There's music in the gushing of a rill; There's music in all things, if men had ears; The earth is but the music of the spheres.

There's always some way to find hope. Remember that.

I believe actual violence scars children much more than violence in storybooks.

After surviving the tsunami in Sri Lanka and facing that moment where I was not sure if I would live to see the next, I learned all that matters is now.

They more than do their work, they take pride in it. Like Cinna.