Desire suppressed finds its way into other more surreal settings, into dreams.

She thought of how much people changed you. It was the opposite of what you always heard, that no one could change a person. It wasn't true. It was only through other people that one ever did change.

There is no good reason. Don't waste your life waiting for good reasons...You'll wait and wait.

There are aspects of love that I once undervalued. Kindness. Having a sort of honor when love is on the table.

Between children and parents there is a difficulty of seeing each other simply as people.

Off the packed trail we experience the miracle of corn snow, skiing atop the crust, like skiing on an eggshell that has been sprinkled with sugar.

Recording a scene with paint rather than film sinks you more deeply into your surroundings. You have to look a little harder and a little longer. And you end up with a memento.

A struggle, to the person experiencing it, is a struggle.

I first travelled to Africa at the end of 1996 and was immediately captivated. I had planned on a three-week trip, and I ended up staying two months.

Change and renewal are themes in life, arent they? We keep growing throughout life.

Illness can make us behave in the most surprising ways.

Let’s talk about love, Baby Let’s talk about our dreams ...Just in your arms ...Oh I’ll be safe it seems…

I would start drinking something terrible if I were in a situation where I was surrounded by lies or quiet or secrets. It's just not a real life.

All things come to him who waits - even justice.

A lot of times I can across as too masculine to men, and they couldn't handle me, they stayed away.

What I really like doing is taking risks, musically.

For me, I focus on trying to get it right and be as fair as possible. There's not much else I can do. People will believe what they want - facts be damned.

Everything begins with the resolve to take the first step. From that action, wisdom arises and change begins. Without action, nothing changes.

When women are economically empowered, the power balance changes in all areas of life.

I'm a very intense person. When I go after something, I want to go after it with everything I have. I want to push myself to the edge.

And sometimes I'm criticized. But I think that if those who criticize us will look at the reason why the shape is this, well then, I think that they would not object so strenuously.