Cats ... are completely self-sufficient and can leave you at any time and go off and make a living. And yet cats can have warm and loving relationships with humans.

Be you writer or reader, it is very pleasant to run away in a book.

I love to travel, but when I really want to escape, I read a book.

I throw back my head, and, feeling free as the wind, breathe in the fresh mountain air. Although I am heavy-hearted, my spirits are rising. To walk in nature is always good medicine.

To be a writer you should read, write and talk to people, hear their knowledge, hear their problems. Be a good listener. The rest will come.

There is something all life has in common, and when I know what it is I shall know myself.

I just love the world around me and wanted my audience to love and appreciate it too.

That is the greatest gift my books have given me; what it means and has done for the kids.

Cat talk is a complicated, self-centered language. If you speak to your cat first, it probably won't speak back. Cats initiate conversations.

Chicken is Good! It tastes like chicken.

Most birds are geniuses. We had one that became a pet; he learned to talk, use tools and solve problems.

The tyrant is a child of PrideWho drinks from his sickening cup Recklessness and vanity, Until from his high crest headlongHe plummets to the dust of hope.

Of course I took something from the [Glee set]. I took my entire shoe collection, that's all I would ever need.

I used to collect vintage clothing - exquisite lace dresses, embroidered shawls and ornate jewelry - but that's just not me any more.

A building is not just a place to be but a way to be.

Working in this industry, I have been exposed to so many products and now realize more than ever how cruel and unnecessary animal testing is.

Water is the exile, carried back in cans and flasks, the ghost between your hands and your mouth.

Life ... is never the way one imagines it. It surprises you, it amazes you, and it makes you laugh or cry when you don't expect it.

I agree with Bill Clinton that US forces should not be sent to Haiti, but not for his reasons.

What moves me in art is how we question who we are as people.

The journalists are poking me all the time. It's impossible for me to stop even I want to.