I make up new lyrics to well-known lullabies. Mostly because I don't actually know a lot of the lyrics.

I see the whole concept of Generation X implies that everyone has lost hope.

Running has made being depressed impossible. If I'm going through something emotional and just go outside for a run, you can rest assured I'll come back with clarity.

Music helps you find the truths you must bring into the rest of your life.

I breastfeed and I'll be breastfeeding until my son is finished and he weans.

When pain brings you down, don't be silly, don't close your eyes and cry, you just might be in the best position to see the sun shine.

I found that the more truthful and vulnerable I was, the more empowering it was for me.

the truth of who we are is innate goodness, and the whole journey is really about removing any obstacle or false belief that keeps us from knowing that

We're taught to be ashamed of confusion, anger, fear and sadness, and to me they're of equal value to happiness, excitement and inspiration.

I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament.

I'm a leave-the-bathroom-door-open nudist, which is sometimes disconcerting for my friends.

Drink freely the wine life offers you and don't worry how much you spill.

Love is the light that brightens every heart's darkness.

Christmas works like glue, it keeps us all sticking together.

People ... have no idea what a hard job it is for two writers to be friends. Sooner or later you have to talk about each other's work.

My type of humor is almost pure identification. A housewife reads my column and says, 'But that's happened to ME! I know just what she's talking about!

Every institution goes through three stages - utility, privilege, and abuse.

It is Hell, of course, that makes priests powerful, not Heaven, for after thousands of years of so-called civilization fear remains the one common denominator of mankind

Now I see it clearly. My whole life has pointed in one direction. I see that now. There never has been any choice for me.

President Bush failed "miserably" at diplomacy, forcing the United States into war.

Independent and uninvolved. Must be nice. -Tris