Wherever I have knocked, a door has opened. Wherever I have wandered, a path has appeared.

People will say to you, "Oh, you are fearless." That is so not true. We should stop saying that about people. It's a slander, really.

I think writing really helps you heal yourself. I think if you write long enough, you will be a healthy person. That is, if you write what you need to write, as opposed to what will make money, or what will make fame.

Only dead people need loud music, you know.

allowing freedom to others brings freedom to ourselves.

I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all my heart.

I'm where I need to be, so my heart is light. Whatever happens, I know - I mean, I feel - that this is absolutely where I should be and I've lived up to my own expectations.