I moved from Italy to Oregon in the '80s - sort of like moving to the middle of a "Duck Dynasty" episode, which was massive culture shock to say the least.

I came out of the womb waving red lipstick.

From a really young age, I was into female empowerment and supporting the underdog. Right now, I'm into female vengeance.

The awesome thing about being an artist? You can't be fired from your own mind.

It's my job to spread deviance to the American youth.

I still say I can do whatever I want as long as I'm not hurting anybody else. I don't understand why more people aren't like that.

I think working with artists is incredibly important for everybody in the world, but also, it is a way of seeing the world differently.

I think if I had lived back in Salem, I would have been burned at the stake

Why should I downplay myself to make someone else more comfortable?

It wasn't that I was shy to go out with him, I just didn't want people with preconceived notions to assume anything about why we were together. I was pretty careful for a while.

I'm a pussycat unless you do something to one of my friends. Then I'll think of unique ways to get back at you. I'm more creative than your average bear.

Learning to love yourself is like learning to walk—essential, life-changing, and the only way to stand tall.

I write because I want express

What, after all, was the point of civilisation if not the well-being of citizens?

Intuition is the key to everything, in painting, filmmaking, business - everything.

Some hard and dry book in a dead language, which you have found it impossible to read at home, but for which you still have a lingering regard, is the best to carry with you on a journey.

Obviously, every child should be given the best possible opportunity to acquire literacy skills.

Men make their own fates - it's personal, not a matter for debate.

My early life was full of music because my sisters played the piano and I started playing at three.

One thing is always wrong-always: to cause suffering in others for the purpose of gratifying one's own pleasures; that is everlastingly wrong.

Sometimes, political campaigns make decent people act and talk like perfect buffoons.