I was kicked out of school because of my attitude. I was not assimilating. So I went to work, taking any jobs I could get.

The reason people use a crucifix against vampires is because vampires are allergic to bullshit.

I ain't no movie star, man. I'm a booty star.

I believe the ability to think is blessed. If you can think about a situation, you can deal with it. The big struggle is to keep your head clear enough to think.

A lie is profanity. A lie is the worst thing in the world. Art is the ability to tell the truth.

Two things people throughout history have had in common are hatred and humour. I am proud that I have been able to use humour to lessen people's hatred.

I'm not addicted to cocaine. I just like the way it smells.

Booty is just a ghetto expression, and I'm just a booty star.

All humor is rooted in pain.

I had some great things and I had some bad things. The best and the worst . . . In other words, I had a life.

If I thought about it, I could be bitter, but I don't feel like being bitter. Being bitter makes you immobile, and there's too much that I still want to do.

If you are the land, then I am the sea. I don't need you and you don't need me.

What begins will eventually end. The gap between is life.

Your love is my diamond that I want to wear near my heart. Your hug is my heaven where I want to belong always.

Five of the most dangerous words I know: ‘What’s in it for me?

One does well to put on gloves when reading the New Testament. The proximity of so much uncleanliness almost forces one to do this.

If a woman possesses manly virtues, she is to be run away from; and if she does not possess them, she runs away herself.

Historical fiction is not only a respectable literary form; it is a standing reminder of the fact that history is about human beings.

I've found places that are just as beautiful as New England, but this is my home.

Even when I was in my 20s and at my most beautiful, I was never obsessed with my looks. I didn't dye my hair or wear make-up.

All the ills of mankind spring from belonging to a race, a nation, a city, a group of some kind. The ideal would be to belong to none, and to care for allbut who is capable of that?