Creativity works on a winding, circuitous route.

Foolishness pours out of an open mouth.... but wisdom sneaks in through the ears.

Humor, danger and a twisted tangle of unlikely prophecies make for a page-turning adventure.

Foolishness pours out of an open mouth....but wisdom sneaks in through the ears....

Getting to share the stories in my head with other people and have them enjoy those stories, and having them come to see my characters as real. That's so cool.

I have seen the transformative effect that education has in the lives of young women and their communities.

It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.

Let us face it, the U.N. has failed. It has failed in its mission to promote world peace.

No one loves an archive better than I do. I can smell a good one half-a-block away - all that brittle papyrus dust is music to my nostrils.

You aren't allowed to feel special, but no one knows the specific ways you are in pain.

The idea that musicians should be talking about politics is, in some ways, quite a sixties' idea. Music no longer has a vanguard role in youth culture.

I think we should always listen to Bill Clinton about everything. And so, if that's his view then that should be the rule of law.

You got to have style, and learn to be original.

Wake up early; it is great to live the mornings.

I would have taught her a les­son she wouldn't forget!