On Being Good

I don’t want to be good, I want to be Good. Good is where you only do things to please people. You run around, trying to make everybody happy until they give you a pat on the head and say, ‘oh, you’re so good, little girl.’ But there’s no real satisfaction in that. To truly be Good means you have to be a little bit not good. It means you work hard, but not too hard. You extend yourself, but don’t overextend. You give. But you keep a little for yourself. You can’t be Good by being good all the time. You need to hold back a little. The light needs a little darkness to keep it in check.