If I walk into my house and something is askew, I can't do anything until I fix it. It's so burdensome to live that way.

I thought my mom's whole purpose was to be my mom. That's how she made me feel.

I like the feeling of feeling my feelings.

We lose things all the time. We lose ourselves every day. We lose our minds occasionally. But it's just a part of life, loss.

Pure memory isn't based on recall but rather involuntary memory that's in your body and your nerves.

Being vulnerable has always been my way of dealing with my grief, from the beginning. Even before I knew I was that way, I cried it out all the time. I expressed my feelings.

I was always attracted to characters that were in some level of turmoil or suffering because I had so much of that in my own life and I wanted to channel it. I was always into darker things.

I want people to think about the connection between mothers and daughters. I like the idea of continuity of life and generations.

Everything is in our cellular level. My mom's is definitely in my cellular memory.

I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.

There is more in the world than is dreamt of in your philosophy, Doctor - or in the Merck Manual.

Strive to be different.

How sickly grow, How pale, the plants in those ill-fated vales That, circled round with the gigantic heap Of mountains, never felt, nor ever hope To feel, the genial vigor of the sun!

So far we have done too much of 'spatial engineering'. The real thing is 'non-spatial engineering'.

O Yes, I must sing, and so must you sing also. For all music is singing, and in music there is praise of life.

The bright sun was extinguish'd, and the stars Did wander darkling in the eternal space.

Art is more than a product of your efforts - it should be about feeling, life, attitude, soul.

The pain of severe depression is quite unimaginable to those who have not suffered it.