The difficulties in life are vital for our personal growth and well-being.

Aim for the stars. You will sooner reach the moon.

What you think of me is none of my business.

We are what we think.

I believe in miracles.

Love is stronger than hate.

Asking is the beginning of receiving.

We are what we are.

God is the Creator of all things.

Daily dance uplift the soul to spiritual realms.

A revived spirit, a renewed soul.

If you're bored, you're boring.

I still have enough faith in language to believe that if I place enough words next to each other on the page, they will start to speak with sounds of their own.

The woman who emerged had to be eight feet tall. Her hair was every shade of purple, piled in buns and hanging in braids, and all of it sprinkled with gems like stars.

A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines.

I have hardly seen my baby for six weeks; have been at the office from nine A.M. to eleven P.M. regularly.

When you're happy you don't always have to be laughing, and when you're sad you don't have to be crying; sometimes it's the opposite. You laugh when you're the most upset.

I don't do a ton of deals a year, and I really like working with startups - it's the only way I can invest. It fits my ADD brain.

The end of one stage is only the beginning of another. Any dangers overcome are the necessary preparation to do better in the next stage.

I'm aware of people's association with me and fashion and I certainly take that role on for some occasions, but it doesn't dominate my thoughts all the time.

I don't know how many times a phone call or e-mail starts with, "I don't agree with anything you say but you're funny as hell so I listen to your show, I love your show."