"The choices you've made in the past are the direct cause of all your unhappiness today."

“Although it is true that only about 20 percent of American workers are in unions, that 20 percent sets the standards across the board in salaries, benefits and working conditions. If you are making a decent salary in a non-union company, you owe that to the unions. One thing that corporations do not do is give out money out of the goodness of their hearts.”

“I used to let a lot of unimportant things bother me. I don't anymore. Right now, things are going great in my life. It used to be when that happened, I would be waiting for something to go wrong. Now I don't expect that - if something negative does happen, I'll deal with it, learn from it and realize it is the way it is supposed to be.”

“I carry about eight lip balms: Burts Bees, Rosebud Salve, Eos.”

“At the end of the day, the Golden Rule is called the Golden Rule for a reason - do unto others as you would have done to you. In terms of commandments you could probably just do that one and you would be well off. If everybody could adhere to that one, we'd be OK, as long as a ***** wasn't in charge of people.”

“All you need to paint is a few tools, a little instruction, and a vision in your mind.”

“Like all revolutions, the surrealist revolution was a reversion, a restitution, an expression of vital and indispensable spiritual needs.”

“When I do a job, I do it 100 percent. I am so grateful for the chance to do what I do.”

Source : "'Star' Quality". Interview with Jenelle Riley, www.backstage.com. December 10, 2009.

“The way Jacques Brel writes a story, getting into the character, bringing out all his faults and qualities in the same song.... Not that I could ever write in such an epic way, but it really is a different way to go about writing lyrics...and I find that quite inspiring.”