My family called me a wiggle tail because I was a little skinny, wiry kid full of energy.

You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself.

Instead of looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do now in order to get there then.

I really, deeply believe that dreams do come true. Often, they might not come when you want them. They come in their own time.

Take a little time out of your busy day to give encouragement to someone who's lost their way.

Most people are so hard to please that if they met God, they'd probably say yes, she's great, but.

You know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself.

It takes a long time to get to be a diva. I mean, you gotta work at it.

My travels led me to where I am today. Sometimes these steps have felt painful, difficult, but led me to greater happiness and opportunities.

I can be a better me than anyone can.

If I have someone who believes in me, I can move mountains.

I had been afraid of the awful presence of the river, which was the soul of the river, but through her [Ultima] I learned that my spirit shared in the spirit of all things.

Failure is delay but not defeat. It is a temporary detour not a dead-end street.

Let them say what they wish behind your back. You need only be strong enough that they don't say it to your face.

Not sure if I need a glass of wine or a gun or both.

The way for the Palestinians to get a state is to go ahead and build it.

No one can get inner peace by pouncing on it.

It's not the extremes and the treats that are the problem. It's the everyday.

I think people don't like when you're not confident about what you're pitching, and they don't want to invest in you or get behind you.

What is important-what lasts-in another language is not what is said but what is written. For the essence of an age, we look to its poetry and its prose, not its talk shows.

I have always been suspicious of romantic love. It looks too much like a narcissism shared by two.