It is the suffering of ambivalence: the murderous alternation between bitter resentment and raw-edged nerves, and blissful gratification and tenderness

The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet.

Change is not a threat to your life, but an invitation to live.

There must be those among whom we can sit down and weep and still be counted as warriors.

My heart is moved by all I cannot save: so much has been destroyed I have to cast my lot with those who age after age, perversely, with no extraordinary power, reconstitute the world.

We must use what we have to invent what we desire.

Courage is not defined by those who fought and did not fall, but by those who fought, fell and rose again.

The beauty of darkness is how it lets you see.

If you are trying to transform a brutalized society into one where people can live in dignity and hope, you begin with the empowering of the most powerless. You build from the ground up.

Until we know the assumptions in which we are drenched, we cannot know ourselves.

Language is power... Language can be used as a means of changing reality.

Live free or die.

Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.

I love when I can reboot people when they are being mean to others...

Win or lose, I believe in giving my best and that is what I always do.

I think growing up in a big family taught me a lot of problem solving and how to share and compromise, and that's been helpful in my marriage.

They should make new ways to better design buildings and books. The computer was the end of Swiss typography!

When you're editing, you want to be the perfect appreciator, not another writer.

I'm doing more than just making songs for the radio. I want it to be a well rounded sounding experience.

Magic, like technology, is a tool.

I shot a couple of movies in jail, but I was never in jail.