Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.

The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one's nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.

My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and adorable daughters wonder why feminism had become a dirty word.

Women will never be taken seriously until they accept full responsibility for their sexuality.

Donald Trump is not a very bright or nice man. Bad combination.

We ought to fear a man who hates himself, for we are at risk of becoming victims of his anger and revenge. Let us then try to lure him into self-love.

It might or might not be right to kill, but sometimes it is necessary.

Mr. Watras asked me whether I was practicing, and I told him I was practicing my tissue basketball skills.

Confusion makes people uncomfortable. They can't put their finger on me.

Once children learn how to learn, nothing is going to narrow their mind. The essence of teaching is to make learning contagious, to have one idea spark another.

If you smile through your fear and sorrow, smile and maybe tomorrow you'll see the sun come shining through for you.

I went to UC Berkeley for college, and it was during the period when the whole punk movement was happening.

I don't know whether the bird you are holding is dead or alive, but what I do know is that it is in your hands. It is in your hands.