"I wanted to write a book that talked about the emotions of children, which is the rainbow. We all have moods. We talk about being blue when we're sad, and being yellow when we're cowards, and when we're mad, we're red."

"I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know that I'm not blonde."

"I'm no natural beauty. If I'm gonna have any looks at all, I'm gonna have to create them."

"You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on."

"You know, my main reaction to this money thing is that it's humorous, all the attention to it, because it's hardly the most insightful or valuable thing that's happened to me."

"If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich."

"Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there is money or the want of money, but money is always on the brain so long as there is a brain in reasonable order."

"The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money."