There's something to be said about a slightly plump person—you have just enough of too much.

Love and hatred don't take turns; they exist side by side at the same time. And one's duty, one's obligation every day, is to choose to follow the nobler one.

I was then at the height of my two-facedness: that is, outside I seemed one way, inside I was another; outside false, inside true.

Who you are is a mystery no one can answer, not even you.

I used to want to be a backup singer. Not a lead singer, because I really can't sing.

I can write anywhere. I actually wrote more than I ever did when I had small children. My children were never a hindrance.

Life has a truth to it, and it's complicated - it's love and it's hatred.