I grew up near Disneyland, and my brother's an animator, so I was always really inspired by bright, cartoony colors and that whole feeling of happiness.

Act as young as you feel. You're not getting older; you're getting more entitled to be your fabulous self.

Sometimes you have to sacrifice your performance for high heels.

I wanted so badly to have a backup plan for when I'm not performing anymore. Let's be realistic: it's not going to be like this forever.

After you make a fool of yourself a few hundred times, you learn what works.

Life is short and you've got to get the most out of it.

Love is when you have a bad day but then you see the one you love and everything seems to be ok

Never say never. In your life you never know what's going to happen next.

No one can force me to do something unless I'm passionate about it.

I think I've been able to fool a lot of people because I know I'm a dork. I'm a geek.

My songs are basically my diaries. Some of my best songwriting has come out of time when I've been going through a personal nightmare.

Everything in life is speaking in spite of its apparent silence.

The wolf was sick, he vowed a monk to be - But when he got well, a wolf once more was he

Calm is the best revenge

I can't imagine it if beauty was the only currency I used as an actress. It just doesn't interest me.

Each of us wages a private battle each day between the grand fantasies we have for ourselves and what actually happens.

It's two days until tax time. I know it's late, but there is still time to deduct this show as a loss.

We are contented with our day when we have been able to bear our grief in silence, and act as if we were not suffering.

You're dead, Cordelia.' No I'm not. 'Yes you are. You're dead. Lie down.

Against the flying ball no valor avails.

I think of the author as somebody who goes into the marketplace and puts down his rug and says, 'I will tell you a story' and then he passes the hat.