August 2 Birthdays

I certainly was never the pretty girl at school, but I can go to a lot of different places with this face.

When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself.

I think that carrying on a life that is meant to be private in public is a breach of taste, common sense, and mental hygiene.

Because I hate fake people and I always think Im never fake.

Millions of people thought Archie was a happy hero.

The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night.

Happiness, true happiness, is an inner quality. It is a state of mind. If your mind is at peace, you are happy. If your mind is at peace, but you have nothing else, you can be happy. If you have everything the world can give - pleasure, possessions, power - but lack peace of mind, you can never be happy.

I cant establish the veracity of what people say because only they know whether they are telling the truth. I cant look into your mind, can I?

Life experiences can, at times, be quite humbling, but you learn from them. But I like the changes in my life and what kind of person theyve made me into. Im very open, not as judgmental as I was in my twenties, and a lot more compassionate.

Everybodys journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy. The fact that many Americans consider it a disease says more about them than it does about homosexuality.

I seem to be one of the few people in journalism who never worked or wrote for the Boston Phoenix. I certainly read and admired it, and feel the same general malaise at news that it is gone.

We played at a club called, the Elbow Room. Don Carlos, the nightclub owner, was very hip and a very important person who made a big impact on my life.

The world has become one big grassy knoll, crawling with lone gunmen who think theyre the Warren Commission.

I get asked this a lot: Why has soccer not succeeded? My answer is, soccer has succeeded. It is already the fastest growing youth participation sport in the U.S. It has already succeeded at the youth level, no question.

Whereas if you have a camera in the courtroom, theres no filtering. What you see is whats there.

In the world I am Always a stranger I do not understand its language It does not understand my silence

Since we have to speak well of the dead, let's knock them while they're alive.

It was one of those towns where you could do one of two things on a Friday night: Drive 'round and get drunk, or get drunk and drive 'round.