I've never felt grounded because of my ancestry or my gender. I think until women get away from that they're not going to be great writers.

My sunglasses are like my guitar.

We go through life. We shed our skins. We become ourselves.

To be an artist — actually, to be a human being in these times — it’s all difficult. … What matters is to know what you want and pursue it.

Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.

Where does it all lead? What will become of us? These were our young questions, and young answers were revealed. It leads to each other. We become ourselves.

Life isn't some vertical or horizontal line -- you have your own interior world, and it's not neat.

I imagined myself as Frida to Diego, both muse and maker. I dreamed of meeting an artist to love and support and work with side by side.

Swift is the arrow, dark is the thorn, the slate is clean, the future awaits, awake.

Make your interactions with people transformational, not just transactional.

To me, punk rock is the freedom to create, freedom to be successful, freedom to not be successful, freedom to be who you are. It's freedom.

and then I couldn't wait anymore, and my hand was on the back of her head, and then her lips on mine, the cold air gone and replaced with the warmth of her mouth, soft and sweet and hash-brown-tastic

For me, the audience is the most important thing in the whole chain, so finding out how they respond to things is a learning curve at all times.

It was more of their quirky show. It was more like a cult show. The ratings weren't really that high.

A male feminist is one of the most glorious end-products of evolution.

When people get more frustrated by their indecision than by the situation that prompted it, clarity often follows.

When you have known the kiss of a flaying knife, a laugh loses all its power to hurt you.

You must always remember, because the mediocre mind you encounter may be your own.

Angels are the dispensers and administrators of the divine beneficence toward us.

When you have become the Embodiment of Gratitude, think about how Pure the Water that fills your Body will be. When this happens, you Yourself will be a Beautiful Shining Crystal of Light.

You get these fear memories that are hard to undo.