I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me.

Nothing will work unless you do.

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

I honestly think that with every song you release you have to keep winning your own fans over again.

I want to make a clear distinction between people who take acting seriously and people who call themselves actors because theyve been on reality TV or something.

Marilyn [Monroe] was really mistreated.

When you are in deep conflict about something, sometimes the most trivial thing can tip the scales.

If eighty percent of your sales come from twenty percent of all of your items, just carry those twenty percent.

And I agreed the feeling of action as he was flying or jumping or leaping - a flowing cape would give it movement. It really helped, and it was very easy to draw.

It's a real challenge to complete a story arc and end up with a cool punchline in 120 characters.

I am an anti-imperialist. I am opposed to having the eagle put its talons on any other land.

Violence cannot destroy the body of the Goddess, for Her body is the world itself.

I'll never have a tattoo - I just don't like them, and when you're old they can look a disaster. As for piercings, I don't like them on men.