'9 to 5,' that little song, that little story, just won't ever end. Just like 'I Will Always Love You,' it just keeps comin' back, popping up its head in one way or another.

When I started the Imagination Library in my hometown, I never dreamed that one day we would be helping Scottish kids.

I never have thought I was beautiful and I never can get beautiful enough. I'm always doing whatever I can to look as good as I can, nipping and tucking if necessary. When you're older, you probably look more bizarre to people. But I don't care. I'm just totally convinced that it's more important that I be happy with me.

the magic is inside you. there ain't no crystal ball

If you can read, you can find books on anything you want. You can self-educate even if you can't afford to go to school.

I do have a few little tattoos, but they were mostly done to cover scars because I'm so fair.

People tend to fear what they do not know, and what they fear they dislike.