In a show or a movie, one must work with many people. Many women just don't have the time for it.

The man in our society is the breadwinner; the woman has enough to do as the homemaker, wife and mother.

Grab your coat, and get your hat Leave your worry on the doorstep Just direct your feet To the sunny side of the street.

Just direct your feet to the sunny side of the street.

Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, start all over again.

A songwriter should have friends who are similarly interested; should move about in the milieu of work he has chosen for himself.

No matter where I run, I meet myself there.

Love is the reason for it all.

Keep it in tune with the times, but don't write with the specific purpose of trying to create a hit. If you're doing it strictly to make money, you're crazy. There are easier ways to make money.

There aren't more lady songwriters for the same reason that there aren't more lady doctors or lady accountants or lady lawyers; not enough women have the time for careers.

A song must move the story ahead. A song must take the place of dialogue. If a song halts the show, pushes it back, stalls it, the audience won't buy it; they'll be unhappy.

I have more wisdom than any books ever written in history of times, any scripture ever written which you rhyme but this is not my purpose.

Maybe looking at the path we've traveled will make the path ahead seem more clear.

Your eyes have no power to see. They only create optical illusions. Only the mind can see it when it is ready to see it.

It takes a year to be collectively known as "intelligent" but it takes a lifetime to be distinguished as "wise

Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.

I wanted to be myself. Only myself.

Abolition of a woman's right to abortion, when and if she wants it, amounts to compulsory maternity: a form of rape by the State.

Let us...once and forever put an end to that lie which says that Calvinism and an interest in evangelism are not comparable.

Peace and war begin at home. If we truly want peace in the world, let us begin by loving one another in our own families. If we want to spread joy, we need for every family to have joy.

Does defending liberalism leave you friendless and perhaps wondering about your breath?