Teacher, there are things that I don't want to learn.

Be good to yourself 'cause nobody else has the power to make you happy.

I still believe that music is one of the greatest gifts that God gave to man.

I've done too many stupid things for there not to be movies made about me when I'm dead, so I might as well write the script.

Change is a stranger you have yet to know.

Without despair, we will share, and the joys of caring will not be erased. What has been, must never end, the joys of caring will not be replace.

People, you can never change the way they feel. Better let them do what they will. For they will, if you let them, steal your heart.

It's important to me that I should be free to express myself.

The whole business is built on ego, vanity, self-satisfaction, and it's total crap to pretend it's not.

I have to believe that somebody up there thinks I've still got some work to do.

I have never thought about my sexuality being right or wrong. To me it has always been a case of finding the right person.

You two would get on like a house on fire. Don't douse the flames before you've struck a match.

My favorite thing is to go where I have never gone.

Wisdom without love is like having lungs but no air to breathe. Do not seek wisdom in order to acquire knowledge but in order to live and love more fully.

Fans of my books have just been supremely nice.

Ripping up carpet is easy, tiling is the issue.

You can keep a dog: but it is the cat who keeps people, because cats find humans useful domestic animals.

When we do go to combat, it should be with a defined mission and a plan for withdrawal.

My vision is to work for the relationship between India and Pakistan which would be like the relation between Canada and the United States.

Unhappy is the fate of one who tries to win his battles and succeed in his attacks without cultivating the spirit of enterprise, for the result is waste of time and general stagnation.

Be clear about what you want to accomplish, and whether the circumstances surrounding you are actively helping you toward the goal.