If the Czar will not accord our people these desired liberties, then a revolution will bring about a republic which will assure us our rights.

Unless we have a Central Bank with adequate control of credit resources, this country is going to undergo the most severe and far reaching money panic in its history.

Determined soul, willing spirit.

If any female feels she need anything beyond herself to legitimate and validate her existence, she is already giving away her power to be self-defining, her agency.

Because I’ve gotten older, I worry that there will be a steep decline in my talent, but I promise not to let the same thing happen to my passion for writing.

Clothes and courage have much to do with each other.

I always liken it to being a referee - if you notice the referee, that's not a good thing.

Our humanness is the part of us that we try and push away, that we don't want to see, that we don't like. It's about self-acceptance, number one, and it's also about accepting our creation.

Apart from a few simple principles, the sound and rhythm of English prose seem to me matters where both writers and readers should trust not so much to rules as to their ears.

Ser compreendido é prostituir-se.

If my faults deserve punishment, my youth at least, and my imprudence were worthy of excuse

I think I'm a lot happier than people might think from listening to my songs.