I think that literature quite often emerges from areas where there has been a lack of articulation, like women's writing.

Obviously all writers, all artists, have their own internal critics; as they write they are being self-critical.

God's power, gracious life.

Panic is poison.

..I learned that there's a kind of love which must feel like coming home, ...

The same man cannot be skilled in everything each has his special excellence.

What we experience, as a perceptual experience, is not what is. It's very specific to the nervous system.

Latin America is part of the world which was for many years condemned to the system of power where intimidation had more strength than the vote.

I believe myself capable of great things.

Above all, it is not decency or goodness of gentleness that impresses the Middle East, but strength.

I believed in Obama for social issues. I believe he brought our nation together and healed our racial divide. Martin Luther King's dream came true when he was elected. That's huge.

I always think a great speaker convinces us not by force of reasoning, but because he is visibly enjoying the beliefs he wants us to accept.