Literary characters, like my grandmother's apparitions, are fragile beings, easily frightened; they must be treated with care so they will feel comfortable in my pages

There is no light without shadow, just as there is no happiness without pain.

Aphrodite is about lust and gluttony - the only two sins worth committing, in my opinion.

You are the storyteller of your own life, and you can create your own legend, or not.

For women, the best aphrodisiacs are words. The G-spot is in the ears. He who looks for it below there is wasting his time.

I can promise you that women working together - linked, informed and educated - can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.

It is a wonderful truth that things we want most in life-a sense of purpose, happiness and hope-are most easily attained by giving them to others.

Fear is inevitable, I have to accept that, but I cannot allow it to paralyze me.

There is no death, daughter. People die only when we forget them,' my mother explained shortly before she left me. 'If you can remember me, I will be with you always.

We all have an unsuspected reserve of strength inside that emerges when life puts us to the test.

Heart is what drives us and determines our fate.

Neither here, nor there. But everywhere.

The thing I always default to is that I'll always be here to write songs.

What's great about good writing is that it feels like life, so it's not hard to relate to her circumstances.

All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seed of today.

What is self? Self is the mind viewing itself. That's all. The mind stops viewing itself and turns towards infinity. There is no self, there's only infinity.

The RNC was run so badly you could walk through their deepest competence and not get your ankles wet.

No nice extreme a true Italian knows; But bid him go to hell, to hell he goes.

I see water and buildings ... Oh my God! Oh my God.

What we're doing is giving her new exciting fashion things every month.

The more you rejoice in your own forgiveness, the quicker you will be to forgive others.