The library takes me away from my everyday life and allows me to see other places and learn to understand other people unlike myself.

Motherhood is... difficult and... rewarding.

For the rest of my life, the one song that people will remember -- regardless -- is "Conga" . . . I never get tired of singing it. It never gets old for me.

Whatever it is your heart desires, please go for it, it's yours to have.

You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never come.

You've got to believe. Never be afraid to dream.

Everything that an artist does is a risk. Some people want you to stay the same. If you want to evolve, they want to keep you in a certain place.

I make the best pancakes you'll ever have! And I claim that title gladly. On Saturdays I make them for everybody.

The most beautiful thing about music is that it transcends most anything.

We seal our fate with the choices we make.

The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice.

Joy is the goal of existence, and joy is not to be stumbled upon, but to be achieved, and the act of treason is to let its vision drown in the swamp of the moment's torture.

They say it is a wide road that leads to war and only a narrow path that leads home again.

Do not compare yourself to others because you are neither superior nor inferior to them.

She was back in western Washington state, where rain was so prevalent that a day of sunshine was the lead story on the local news.

What is a woman? A woman is chaos. Chaos is the naturally perfect state of all things.

Relationships change even more than people. It's like two people changing. It's exponentially more volatile. Especially two teenagers.

The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.

You may be surprised to know that growing up, I wanted to be a writer of children's books.

The Western memory museum is now mostly a visual one.

What determines your altitude in life is your attitude.