I want to embrace my full self, as natural as I can be.

Breathing is meditation; life is a meditation. You have to breathe in order to live, so breathing is how you get in touch with the sacred space of your heart.

If I know what's true in my heart and my soul, then what people say can't shape that.

If you don't like me, if you like me; both are equally cool. I send love and positive energy to all those people in their lives. I hope they find where they're meant to be.

The only thing that really matters is spreading love and light and acceptance and unity throughout the entire world in any way that you possibly can.

Caring less what everybody else thinks, but also caring less and less about what your own mind thinks, because what your own mind thinks, sometimes, is the thing that makes you sad.

There're no novels that I like to read so I write my own novels, and then I read them again, and it's the best thing.

Comparing yourself to somebody else is like comparing yourself to a bird.

Don’t be afraid to be yourself and don’t let anybody tell you that that’s wrong. Because the best thing is you.

If I had to change one thing about my life, it would probably be, I wouldn't be famous. Because when you're famous it's so hard.

The best piece of advice that I have ever received is from my mom. And she said, "Do you, boo boo." That is forever going to be the best advice.

Perfection in art is a crime against humanity. Perfect humanity in crime is art

Don't be afraid to be weird for being wise.

How many 'coming men' has one known? Where on earth do they all go to?

Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.

You'll either find the answer or you'll come up with a better question.

I drink coffee with my right hand, and I smoke with my left. But I talk with both hands.

Ill-nature is a sort of running sore of the disposition.

I'm not one of these people who thinks everything in the past is great and everything modern is terrible. But I do think cities should be a mix of old things and new things.

It is a pity we do not die when our lives are finished.

You will never be as young as you are right now