"Even in success, you're going to be constantly rejected."

“I will always dance in the street.”

Source : "Live From..." with Kyra Phillips, edition.cnn.com. January 24, 2006.

“Strange how people who suffer together have stronger connections than those who are most content.”

Source : "Song: 'Brownsville Girl'". 1986.

“We will do anything to get away from our own pain. We will change our lives, rip people out, swallow a bottle of life-ending pills. When we hurt more than we can bear, when our lives get that dark, it's shocking what we will do to protect ourselves.”

“My feelings for you shame me into silence.”

“Childhood is a short season.”

“In the end, it doesn't really matter what you paint. It's all just a routine to connect yourself finally with other people.”

“Women tend to live longer than men do. Women tend to have, unfortunately, their salaries peaked sooner than men's do. Both of these things are extraordinarily important in putting together financial and investing plans for women.”

Source : "Venus Williams And Sallie Krawcheck Want Women To Invest". "All Things Considered" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. September 18, 201.

“There is something magical about putting a problem in writing. It is almost as though by writing about what is wrong, you start to discover new ways of making it right.”