Om Namah Shivaya, meaning, I honor the divinity that resides within me.

A true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.

I've never seen any life transformation that didn't begin with the person in question finally getting tired of their own bullshit.

Tis' better to live your own life imperfectly than to imitate someone else's perfectly.

Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be.

I'm choosing happiness over suffering, I know I am. I'm making space for the unknown future to fill up my life with yet-to-come surprises.

This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something.

There's always another level up. There's always another ascension. More grace, more light, more generosity, more compassion, more to shed, more to grow.

You were given life; it is your duty (and also your entitlement as a human being) to find something beautiful within life, no matter how slight.

Never forget that once upon a time, in an unguarded moment, you recognized yourself as a friend.

If you're going to answer the call and you're going to transform and you're going to change, get ready. It is not a day at the beach.

Only be rebellious for good reasons.

Don't blame my heart's appetite for how it chooses to feast, for my heart is a wild lover, an all-consuming beast.

The book is a film that takes place in the mind of the reader. That's why we go to movies and say, "Oh, the book is better.

emotion is first of all and in principle an accident

I have no fear, I have only love

Clock watchers never seem to be having a good time.

In 1958, I came to Chicago where I have remained.

Knowing your HIV status is such an easy thing to do, but again, we've created this stigma around even going to get tested.

It's not the men in my life that count, it's the life in my men.

I've been in this business 25 years. I've been eking out a living doing Broadway, off-Broadway... I've seen the unemployment line a lot.