We play make believe, pretend to take ourselves and each other seriously--to love each other, hate each other--but then--it isn't true. It isn't true, we don't care at all!

Who cares about great marks left behind? We have one life... just one. Our life. We have nothing else.

There is always a certain peace in being what one is, in being that completely.

At any given moment, I open my eyes and exist.

To believe in God is to know that all the rules will be fair, and that there will be wonderful surprises.

Everyone has, inside himself ... what shall I call it? A piece of good news! Everyone is ... a very great, very important character.

If we have anything kind to say, any tender sentiment to express, we feel a sense of shame.

Thought itself needs words. It runs on them like a long wire. And if it loses the habit of words, little by little it becomes shapeless, somber.

All of us are mad. If it weren't for the fact that every one of us is slightly abnormal, there wouldn't be any point in giving each person a separate name.

There is no forgiveness in nature.

Nature is honest, we aren't; we embalm our dead.

Betrayal is the only truth that sticks.

The law. Lady Frances, is an uncertain animal. It has twists and turns that surprise the non-legal mind.

Love should mean, never having to ask, "Do You Love Me"?

I try not to diet because it never really works for me, if I tell myself I can't eat something then I tend to want to eat everything in sight.

Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.

A lot of my songs are personal and about me being 16 and having guys break my heart and feeling like it's the end of the world.

Nobody can survive alone, in this world. People have bonds, and sometimes those bonds are broken. And then, that person goes spinning off and connects with someone else.

The concept of spiritual healing was something I was raised with.

Before 20 or 25 employees, most companies are structured with everyone reporting to the founder. It's totally flat.

I wanted to be a filmmaker, actually, when I was in high school and college. But I just decided it would be more expensive to do, so I sort of decided music would be more fun.