As time goes by, I realize that I do trust the wind. And I often write my songs for myself.

I have a musical called Goodbye and Good Luck, based on a Grace Paley short story. I also have King Island Christmas, and there are 20 different productions of it this year.

I wanted to produce Nancy LaMott's albums, so I created my own record company.

I have long held that there are two fundamental views of children: That they are pets who can talk, or that they are small people who do not yet know very much. The wrong one is winning.

My first career was as a coach and a teacher.

Corn ethanol can help in the short term, but it has serious limitations, and none of this is going to work if we don't dramatically improve the efficiency of our cars and trucks.

It seems to me that anyone whose library consists of a Kindle lying on a table is some sort of bloodless nerd.

You can't be neutral on a moving train.

We are a forward-looking people, and we must have a forward-looking government.

The constitution is very clear as to how and when the president hands over power. He can only hand power over to an elected successor.

Only the thinking man lives his life, the thoughtless man's life passes him by.

You are much happier when you are happy than when you ain't.

There's a lot more to being a woman than being a mother, but there's a hell of a lot more to being a mother than most people suspect.

[I normally go-to] whiskey on the rocks. Or a beer. Or with dinner, a glass of white wine.

The situation comes first...the characters...come next...[then] begin to narrate.

A passionate commitment to social justice is no substitute for knowing what the hell you're talking about.