Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.

I don't care if you hate me or love me, as long as I make you think.

With every breath, I'm deeper in you.

Catholicism is not a soothing religion. It's a painful religion. We're all gluttons for punishment.

I became an overachiever to get approval from the world.

I want to be like Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, and John Lennon... but I want to stay alive.

I'm not interested in being Wonder Woman in the delivery room. Give me drugs.

I always acted like a star long before I was one.

Better to live one year as a tiger, then a hundred as sheep.

Power is being told you're not loved and not being destroyed by it.

As much good as it does, social media can also encourage stupidity and degradation.

The greatest life is to live for your dreams.

Through many tribulations, we begin to search for the truth.

The greatest discovery of the 21st century will be the discovery that Man was not meant to live at the speed of light.

Wherever I am, I take books, not novels.

I think Twitter is great.

We don't always get the kind of work we want, but we always have a choice of whether to do it with good grace or not.

Mother Nature clearly intended for us to get our food from the "patty" group, which includes hamburgers, fish sticks, and McNuggets- foods that have had all of their organs safely removed.

I think race has been a burden for black Americans. Being Muslim has also been a challenge because so many people do not understand Islam.

We lie best when we lie to ourselves.

Oh, I am a cook and a captain bold, And the mate of the Nancybrig, And a bos'sun tight, and a midshipmite, And the crew of the captain's gig!