In the land of the dying, sentences go unfinished, you know how they're going to end.
I realized my father's sister Joanne, who died at 19 had instilled her spirit in me.
Fight and push harder for what you believe in, you'd be surprised, you are much stronger than you think.
If anyone tells you that you can't achieve your dreams, or puts you down, make your hand into a claw and tell them you're a little monster and you can do whatever the f*** you want.
I adored Freddie Mercury and Queen had a hit called Radio Gaga. That's why I love the name. Freddie was unique - one of the biggest personalities in the whole of pop music. He was not only a singer but also a fantastic performer, a man of the theatre and someone who constantly transformed himself. In short: a genius.
Ignore all hatred and criticism. Live for what you create, and die protecting it.
Don't you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can't be exactly who you are.
You never know if you have met your best friend in life yet. That still may be to come.
Somewhere back a whiskey or so ago I wrote that thinking was a real thing in the world, just like anything else. I mean that very literally, materially. And it's true about poems, too.
Leadership is an active, living process. It is rooted in character, forged by experience, and communicated by example.
It's an important moment. I just feel like I want it to happen tonight, either for myself or Viola [Davis] so we can get past it, so it's not big news anymore. I mean, it is 2015. We have a black president.