I went to these mixers, you know, where you're supposed to meet people. And sure enough, some guy asked me for my phone number. but at the end of the evening he gave it back.

I think illness is a family journey, no matter what the outcome. Everybody has to be allowed to process it and mourn and deal with it in their own way.

Be good to yourself. Listen to your body, to your heart. We're very hard on ourselves, and we're always feeling like we're not doing enough. It's a terribly hard job.

I have a deep conviction that our lives are eternal, that it is waking and sleeping, that we are born together with the people we love lifetime after lifetime.

I'm in awe of people out there who deal with Alzheimer's, because they have to deal with death 10 times over, year after year.

I ignore all the doomsaying nonsense. I'm in a business where the odds of ever earning a living are a zillion to one, so I know itcan be done. I know the impossible can become possible.

I'm sure it really is hard to be an oncologist, and actually, more and more people are surviving cancer.

Eve Ensler is a hero of mine. She's been working for the rights of women for a long time.

There is no such thing as an unreasonable question, or a silly question, or a frivolous question, or a waste-of-time question. It's your life, and you've got to get these answers.

You know, this is a business where only 15% make a living wage and only 9% of those are women. But I figured somebody has to be that 15%, somebody's got to be one of those women.

I asked for help, which is the hardest thing in the world.

Convincing someone to believe something that was inherently unbelievable often meant getting that person to make a quick and easy comparison to something they already knew.

Panic attacks are a lot like being drunk in some ways, you lose self-control. You cry for seemingly no reason. You deal with the hangover long into the next day.

Illness or pain is just an extension of negative emotion. When you are no longer feeling any resistance to it, it's a non-issue.

I'm learning on the guitar all the time.

I believe the relationship you have with your government is not so different to a love relationship.

For me it's very important to express my thoughts, the pictures I carry inside of me, maybe because it's important to get them out.

You can never have enough talent.

Don't let the silly little dramas of each day get you down. For you are here to do great things.

Having set one's family in consonance with the community, he should make his family prosperous to ensure the prosperity of the community.

I don't go looking for somewhere to spend my money. You can step on a tube of toothpaste for a week, if you have to. I spend what I need to and give it away.