Part of the business of being an artist is abetting talent. The best do that.

Sometimes the best things in life are unexpected.

Not everything in church is truth ... And not all truth turns up in church.

He found me when I was at my lowest point.

Why do you still feel the need to punish yourself for something that was out of your control?

If you're around someone who makes you feel good, you have to go for it. Don't hold back.

Chemistry's a tricky thing, and if I'm not feeling it, I'm not gonna pretend.

This is New York, babe. Be ready to expect anything.

I always fantasized about having a girl stand on my bar like in that movie Coyote Ugly, but I never thought it would happen.

I know this much: if you gotta write, honey, you gotta write. Some call it a disease, some a madness. Ah, but I call it love.

Better to fail at what you love than succeed at what you hate. People have strange ideas about success ... too much to do with money, not enough to do with joy.

We must unlearn the constellations to see the stars.

What do you want? What are you willing to give up to get it? Writing requires you make sacrifices. Be prepared to work hard to be a writer.

That's the thing about rocks--they don't break easily. When I held them, I wanted to be like them-strong and steady, weathered but not broken.

I don't feel threatened. You can live your life being scared of losing someone and, at the end of the day, if he is going to leave you, he'll leave you and that's it.

There is something about hearing your president affirm your humanity that you don't know what effect it has until you hear it.

Unemployment, foreclosures, bankruptcy - the cure is not more government spending, but helping businesses create jobs.

I cannot be contained because I am the container.

I am capable, confident, intelligent, resilient and in charge. Health and happiness are my birthrights and I accept with gratitude.

Switching to all organic food production is the single most critical (and most doable) action we can take right now to stop our climate crisis.

If you're being chased by a police dog, try not to go through a tunnel, then on to a little seesaw, then jump through a hoop of fire. They're trained for that!