People tried to make me something that I wasn't at the beginning of my career.

When you lose your mother at 20 and then your father soon after, melancholia is part of your life.

I always doubted myself. I doubted the way I looked, my body, my voice - everything.

Sometimes, I wake up and the skies are grey and everything's horrible.

Learn to be Positive always. In pleasure or Pain, in Sun or Rain, in Loss or Gain, always be POSITIVE!

Most modern freedom is at root fear. It is not so much that we are too bold to endure rules

Your calling is where your own greatest joy intersects with the needs of the world.

We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.

I don't write for publishers, certainly not for critics, and not for readers, But I am delighted that so many people have found my books enjoyable and want to continue to read them.

If you don't control your emotions, your emotions will control your acts, and that's not good.

Protect your vision. Prevail over adversity. Persevere in the midst of turmoil. Passionately act upon your convictions. Purposely walk into the day.

Marriages come and go, but divorce is forever.

And everything you get, ya gotta work hard for it.