We believed anything worth doing was worth over-doing

Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us.

I had been on the junior Olympic team in high school for trampoline; I could do twenty-six back flips in a row.

Aerosmith-one of the 10 best bands today? Yeah definitely.

As you know, I'm androgynous. I can wear a jacket that most guys wouldn't put on. But you make it in guys' sizes, and suddenly they're wearing them. I think styles should get back to getting people to wear things that look so good that they don't care.

I do that a lot of authors still do not do is allow people to write directly to me. I get about 50 fan letters a day, and I answer every single one of them myself. It takes a lot of time and sometimes it's a pain in the neck and I answer the same questions over and over. But the truth is these people come to my readings clutching these letters saying, "You wrote me back. I can't believe you wrote me back", and I think it really means a lot for them to know that the author values them just as much as they value the author.

It doesn't feel good when you're put down, and especially for no uncertain reason.