And I always say that to the children: “You are the greatest thing I ever did in my life!

the joy of someone who had been a reader all her life, whose world had been immeasurably enlarged by the words of others.

Let's face it, space is a risky business. I always considered every launch a barely controlled explosion.

I could hunker down by myself and listen closely to mixes, but then to be able to have a sounding board of peers to get advice and feedback.

If I wasn't singing, I'd probably be, probably an accountant.

One key to success is demanding more than adequacy, never settling for good enough and always doing a little bit more.

The meaning of conservatism is not that it impedes movement forward and upward, but that it impedes movement backwards and downwards—to chaotic darkness and the return to a primitive state.

You don't cut anywhere, don't pick down anywhere, don't double screen, no weak side picking. All these things that should happen in a game of basketball don't happen anymore.

We have to endure the discordance between imagination and fact. It is better to say, “I am suffering,” than to say, “This landscape is ugly.

And I know how he feels—it’s so good it hurts. I think I’m going to die from happiness. I think I’m going to die from pain. Time has stopped; time is racing.

We need to challenge the dominant culture: by ethics, principles and values.