It often comes down to the people that you get to work with, and to match or enhance their creation. I tend to fall in love with whatever project we are involved in at the moment.

Sometimes silence is the most effective tool to make impact, and sometimes loud and big is the trick.

Ah, kindness. What a simple way to tell another struggling soul that there is love to be found in the world.

Love is as hard to hide as hate.

Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future.

I think Christmas is about celebration and come on, on the inside everyone wants to dance.

Education reform has as its main purpose to make sure that the education delivered is of quality.

Anne Lamott’s priest friend Tom, how to get through: "Left foot, right foot, left foot, breathe," he said. "Right foot, left foot, right foot, breathe." Salon April 25, 2003

I do not plan my fiction any more than I normally plan woodland walks; I follow the path that seems most promising at any given point, not some itinerary decided before entry.

In business, to be a success, you only have to be right once.

Actually lowering the cost of insurance would be accomplished by such things as making it harder for lawyers to win frivolous lawsuits against insurance companies.