Success in war underpins the claims to greatness of many presidents.

There aren't many poster children for cool angst. Everybody thinks it's cool if you're the bad girl.

I really don't think anything I do is a mistake. It could be if I didn't learn from it.

It's calm under the waves in the blue of my oblivion.

If I respect myself and believe in what I'm doing, no one can touch me.

Rape is the most humiliating thing that can be done to you; it's the most vulnerable that you can be. But once I realized that, I became a stronger person and faced all my fears.

Nothing that you do will ever feel good if you let people convince you that you have no choice.

Everybody sees me as this sullen and insecure little thing. Those are just the sides of me that I feel it's necessary to show because no one else seems to be showing them.

The way I feel about music is that there is no right and wrong. Only true and false.

You fondle my trigger, then you blame my gun

I was screaming into the canyon at the moment of my death; the echo I created outlasted my last breath.

No one has the right to enter literature without fresh new ideas. We’ve got too many dexterous drudges as it is.

What I've never understood is why some women use plastic surgery to make themselves more attractive to men. The most beautiful woman is someone who's happy and is always smiling.

I remember my first taste of American big movies was 'Ghost Rider.' I'm in two little scenes. But for those two little scenes they had 400 extras, upside-down stunt cars, and a fire brigade.

An absolute condition of all successful living, whether for an individual or a nation, is the acceptance of death.

Confusion is better than stupid conclusions. In confusion, there is still a possibility. In stupid conclusion, there is no possibility.

It is boorish to live ungraciously: the giving is the hardest part; what does it cost to add a smile?

When you are a kid, you need to have something to do. This will keep you off the streets.

If you convinced me And I convinced you, Would there not still be Two points of view?

That which takes effect by chance is not an art.

John was great to work with, and a lot of fun. I wish Id had the chance to make more music with him, of course, and to get to know him better.