"For that first week you lie to yourself, and tell yourself you can stop, and then your body kicks back and says, no, stop later. And then it took about three years, and finally you do stop."

"You don't know about real loss 'cause it's only when you love something more than you love yourself that you can know it."

"Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength."

"The only thing that's worse than being alone is being with someone who makes you feel alone."

"I just want to make people happy. That's my job."