If you've been taught to keep every part of you to yourself, don't expect people to come knocking on your door to run their hands over the choice parts-either for your pleasure or theirs.

The god that you dispense with today, will come back as a demon tomorrow.

Falling in love with another man is like falling into a vast vat of yourself. For some men this is ultimately nourishing, for others . . . it is drowning.

Wanting someone so much that his very presence takes your breath away is one of the most thrilling happenings in life. Not getting him in no way diminishes this.

Learn to detest things that do not allow you to be yourself, and embrace things that make that self larger, more thrilling, and voluptuous.

Still water does not only run deep. It runs dangerously.

Try to dwell on the people you'd like to love, instead of all the people you do loathe.

There are two things in life that money cannot buy: health and happiness. Aside from that, it does an excellent job.

There are certain restaurants where you should photograph the food rather than eat it. These are great places to bring a narcissistic boyfriend before you break up.

Learn the absolute pleasure of kindness.

I prefer the "tackiest" person in the world to the stylish person who has no tact.

It takes a great reader to make a great book.

Don't be afraid to question. Don't be afraid to get fired. Don't be afraid to be wrong.

There are very few men-and they are the exceptions-who are able to think and feel beyond the present moment

The use of talent is far more important than the possession of talent.

Most of us are living out the unlived lives of our mothers, because they were not able to become the unique people they were born to be.

True obedience is true freedom.

I used to be a dusty little child.

I'm just a photographer, not a movie star.

No one is so good that they don’t need the grace of the gospel, nor so bad that they can’t receive the grace of the gospel.

If I sleep in and don't run, I'll feel a little bit off because I didn't do what I was supposed to do. But I'm not going to beat myself up because of it. I'll just get right back on track.