Eventually we reach the point where we start to realize that we are not going to find peace contentment happiness strength fearlessness - all of the things that in our heart of hearts we wish we had - outside of us.

Sadness is a very interesting idea this idea of sadness being some kind of default setting that artists will go into. And then I started thinking about this idea of sadness and happiness and the idea that sadness is very loud and happiness is quiet.

So I started chanting when I was nineteen which was about twelve years ago and it really had a huge impact on my outlook happiness and general creativity.

It's up to you to be responsible for how you feel if you're not happy. Your happiness lies in your hands. You can't rely on a man to make you happy or complete you. That starts with you.

Pleasure only starts once the worm has got into the fruit to become delightful happiness must be tainted with poison.

It's enough to indulge and to be selfish but true happiness is really when you start giving back.

I start to think there really is no cure for depression that happiness is an ongoing battle and I wonder if it isn't one I'll have to fight for as long as I live. I wonder if it's worth it.

What's great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest.

Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.

Out of Ireland have we come great hatred little room maimed us at the start. I carry from my mother's womb a fanatic heart.