“It doesn’t matter what it looked like. What matters is the truth.”

When you feel like this, can’t nobody tell you shit?

I am rich and famous. I have a talented and gorgeous husband and two beautiful children. I could go on.

Fame is a form of misunderstanding.

Don’t come to my house with negative vibes.

Sometimes you have to listen to fools, they may have a point.

Poor is the man whose pleasure depends on the permission of another.

If I’m smart then I’ll run away, but I’m not so I guess I’ll stay

The patriarchy continues to try to crush my neck with heavy boots, cut off my life force, and take away my voice – even those who call themselves artists, you know who you are.

If your joy is derived from what society thinks of you, you’re always going to be disappointed.

No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you’ve come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself.

Everyone probably thinks that I’m a raving nymphomaniac, that I have an insatiable sexual appetite when the truth is I’d rather read a book.

If you’re afraid to die you won’t be able to live.

A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That’s why they don’t get what they want.

Family is everything. Family comes first. It’s not what I expected it to be, but nothing ever is.

I am because we are. We all bleed the same color. We all want to love and be loved.

I’ve been popular and unpopular successful and unsuccessful loved and loathed and I know how meaningless it all is. Therefore I feel free to take whatever risks I want.

We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than only freedom can make security more secure.

Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.

Dreams shed light on the dim places where reason itself has yet to voyage.

All life is problem-solving.

None of our beliefs are quite true; all have at least a penumbra of vagueness and error.

Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.

It’s not hard to own something. Or everything. You just have to know that it’s yours, and then be willing to let it go.

We often confuse what we wish for with what is.