Living in England was wonderfully civil and easy-going.

I'm a street walking cheetah with a heart full of napalm.

Music is life, and life is not a business.

I stare at myself in the mirror and I think, 'Wow, I'm really great-looking.'... I think I'm the greatest, anyway.

They say that death kills you, But death doesn't kill you. Boredom and indifference kill you.

And it's a - it's a term that's based on contempt; it's a term that's based on fashion, style, elitism, satanism, and, everything that's rotten about rock 'n' roll.

It's more fun to look at an old picture of me than it is to look at a new one sometimes. Although, I still wear a dress pretty well.

What did Christ really do? He hung out with hard-drinking fishermen.

Nihilism is best done by professionals.

I'm glad I am crazy, it keeps me trying. I despise trendies, I know they're lying.

Bowie's a real man, and I'm a real woman - just like Catherine Deneuve.

There will be days that I don't think we'll know how to survive. But we will, because we have each other.

so many people live and they only live and die

To read is to let someone else work for you - the most delicate form of exploitation.

I enjoyed the administrative work because it involved working with Congress, city council, and the mayor. I had never been a politician so it was fun - learning political maneuvering.

Actors have bodyguards and entourages not because anybody wants to hurt them - who would want to hurt an actor? - but because they want to get recognized. God forbid someone doesn't recognize them.

For you will never be what you ought to be until they [your fellow humans] are what they ought to be.

That is the simple secret. Always take your heart to work.

The age of sages is past; the age of specialists has come.

One good schoolmaster is worth a thousand priests.

Do what you love and work for whom you admire the most, and you've given yourself the best chance in life you can.