He thought about how the camera makes one fall in love with an image of oneself, and perpetuates a false reality.

Do you know what the luckiest thing is?’‘No.’‘It is to be at home everywhere.

Maybe true travel is not the transportation of the body, but a change of perception, renewing the mind.

Often, vegan advocates assume that a person's defensiveness is the result of selfishness or apathy, when in fact it is much more likely the result of systematic and intensive social conditioning.

On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way.

A grown child is a dangerous thing.

I don't think the Democrats should think in narrow tactical terms about mid-term elections.

The wounded heart learns self-love by first overcoming low self-esteem.

I just love putting on a show. I get a tremendous sense of community out of it.

Purring is not so different from praying. To a tree, a cat's purr is one of the purest of all prayers, for in it lies a whole mixture of gratitude and longing, the twin ingredients of every prayer.

It's nice when the movie is not on your shoulders, too. It's fun to do a smaller part sometimes.

Setting is a major aspect in writing all of my books, both in terms of natural and cultural environments.

Never say never - I certainly have those dreams, and I hope that it happens at some point,I hope I get to see those stage lights.