Once the world has made a decision, there is little anyone can do to change its mind.

People are not born heroes or villains; they’re created by the people around them.

A villain is just a victim whose story hasn’t been told.

When people hurt you over and over, think of them like sand paper. They may scratch and hurt you a bit, but in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless.

If you truly own who you are, no one can use you against you.

I couldn't do country, with all due respect to all country music artists. My parents dressed me up with a cowboy hat and we'd go to the rodeo when I was younger and it traumatized me for life.

You can't shy away from your greatness just because you're afraid you're not great enough

Even in the worst of situations-even when it seems no one in the world appreciates you-as long as you have hope, everthing can get better

Courage is one thing that no one can ever take away from you.

To Grandma: Once upon a time, there was a boy who flew.

You don’t get to pick where you’re from, but you always have control of where you’re going.

To be so lonelyyou told yourself you liked to be this way& almost believed it was true.

But all the long speeches, all the interminable days and hours that people had spent talking about my soul, had left me with the impression of a colorless swirling river that was making me dizzy.

I prefer the people who eat off the bare earth the delirium from which they were born.

No marriage is "too dead" for the Lord to restore.

Whether one has natural talent or not, any learning period requires the willingness to suffer uncertainty and embarrassment.

I don't know why women feel an affinity with me.

People should allow me to be many things, really give me the room to put things in another dimension.

No one can tell us no. No one can make us stop. We have picked each other and the rest of the world can go to hell.

Imagination is the mad boarder.

Bashing the Religious Right has become an acceptable political sport.