I've always thought anyone can make money. Making a life worth living, that's the real test.

And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world it is best to hold hands and stick together.

Once you know where the roller coaster is going, are you in for the ride?

Clean up your own mess.

All of these are names given me by other people, but not names I would have given myself. My name is not mine, it's theirs. It's a series of costumes put on my life by other people.

It’s harder to talk about, but what I really, really, really want for Christmas is just this: I want to be 5 years old again for an hour. I want to laugh a lot and cry a lot. I want to be picked or rocked to sleep in someone’s arms, and carried up to be just one more time. I know what I really want for Christmas: I want my childhood back. People who think good thoughts give good gifts.

But love may have to be left off the exam. Most of us will never learn.