Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself.

It's not your job to be likable. It's your job to be yourself. Someone will like you anyway.

My life is full of mistakes. They’re like pebbles that make a good road.

We are all afraid to say too much, to feel too deeply, to let people know what they mean to us.

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.

Only love can heal the wounds of the past.

Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.

It is not enough to know your craft — you have to have feeling.

If you feel you are in a black hole, don't give up. There's a way out.

All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.