I think you have to proactively seek out things that inspire you and consume as much of those things as possible.

Fighting for happiness is the hardest thing you'll ever fight for, but it's the only thing worth fighting for.

There is no shame in falling down but there is pride in getting back up.

If I could give advice to anyone, it would be that sometimes the best way you can fight a problem - and this is going to be a little bit controversial - is to not address it.

After a long day at work, I want someone to come home, turn on my video and think, "Oh my god, how girls get ready? This is hilarious, I love this, I'm forgetting about all my problems."

The best way to battle fear is with courage. You have to look at the opposite of fear: Fear is scared of courage.

Surround yourself with like-minded, strong people, use your voices and choose courage over fear.

I would never want to change myself to be someone I'm not.

I think the best way I could ever fight racism is just being as successful as possible.

Everyone finds their voice at different times in their life.

You can never compare a stadium full of people to statistics online ... There's something about seeing people's faces, and it's amazing [seeing how] things online can also be translated offline.

Writing is a process of creating yourself again and again for an ever-searching mind.

I have had a dream indicating rather clearly that I am on the way to being hetero, though I don't accept it with much enthusiasm either awake or in the dreams.

It has always amazed me how tax cuts don't work until they take effect. Mr. Obama's experience with deferred tax rate increases will be the reverse. The economy will collapse in 2011.

The melody is the most important thing that must stay in the minds of the people who listen to you. No matter how many notes you play, you can't let them forget what the song is.

The moral equation strongly tells everyone who understands freedom, who understands morality, that Israel is engaging in a just war in defense of its people and its freedom.

Morning is wonderful. Its only drawback is that it comes at such an inconvenient time of day.

There are times when I'm so bored with being healthy and organic that I crave sugar and additives.

As a general guideline, never marry anyone that you can't picture helping you go to the bathroom.

Inform yourself, inform your children, talk to your friends! And let's try to make a better, stonier world than the one we inherited!