As a celebrity, you get a certain number of free passes. You're actually in a better position if you're a celebrity because people care.

The more we have, the more we want. And for this reason, we never have it all.

Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can and surely will at times fail. Other vulnerabilities, like being embarrassed or risking love, can be terrifying, too. I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.

Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

If Shakespeare had to go on an author tour to promote Romeo and Juliet, he never would have written Macbeth.

Nothing brings families together faster than forgiveness. That should make it Step No. 1, but most of us find forgiving hard. We associate it with weakness and losing when, actually, the reverse is true. When you forgive, you gain strength and come out a winner. You break free of control by the other person's actions.

I have emerged from the tunnel of grief into the light. Life is better. Not the same, but good and getting better all the time.