Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
If you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.
Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
Without the gods, how would I sing?' I asked. With your own voice,' he said.
The worst thing about jealousy is how low it makes you reach.
I have lived my life according to this principle: If I'm afraid of it, then I must do it.
The trick is not how much pain you feel--but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain. Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.
Anger is really disappointed hope.
Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.