Isn't that the problem? That women have been swindled for centuries into substituting adornment for love, fashion (as it were) for passion?

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.

The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one's nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.

My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and adorable daughters wonder why feminism had become a dirty word.

What right does any church have even attempting to approve of lifestyles or certain acts for which God prescribed the death penalty in the Old Testament?

grappling with some small understanding of this place, this time, we're in" my poem "In a BishopsWood Clearing

A scout is a boy who dresses like a schmuck. A scoutmaster is a schmuck who dresses like a boy.

I believe transparency in government is key to restoring our nation's faith in its elected leaders.

A story doesn't live until it is imagined in someone's mind.

We can't just let business as usual go on, and that means something has to be taken away from some people.

We are all searching for some form of family or foundation - for a place we can feel safe and secure.

Celebrity is a very tricky area to navigate.

Reduce intellectual and emotional noise until you arrive at the silence of yourself and listen to it.

The Brothers Grimm came along and I was so desperate for work... Actually I've got to say that I like the movie, I won't apologize for it.