It's a poor kind of man that won't fight for his own freedom.

Who wants to live with one foot in hell just for the sake of nostalgia Our time is forever now.

Life is just a short walk from the cradle to the grave - and it sure behooves us to be kind to one another along the way.

Like snowflakes, the human pattern is never cast twice. We are uncommonly and marvelously intricate in thought and action, our problems are most complex and, too often, silently borne.

writing is a labor of love and also an act of defiance, a way to light a candle in a gale wind.

We think of poverty as a condition simply meaning a lack of funds, no money, but when one sees fifth, sixth, and seventh generation poor, it is clear that poverty is as complicated as high finance.

The Black writer explains pain to those who inflict it.

Some feminists feel that a woman should never be wrong. We have a right to be wrong.

Truth is simply whatever you can bring yourself to believe.

I think women need kindness more than love. When one human being is kind to another, it's a very deep matter.

Some truth has no nourishment in it.

But I'm really enjoying my retirement. I get to sleep in every day. I do crossword puzzles and eat cake.

It's so much easier to have no expectations than to have big ones.

I'm an investor in a number of biotech companies, partly because of my incredible enthusiasm for the great innovations they will bring.

The whole size zero debate is disgusting. My sister, who's 13, looks amazing - but she's already worried about her figure.

Sometimes you need to sit in the wrong place to see the right view.

It's dangerous, son.' 'What's dangerous?' 'When a man goes outside his house to look for peace.

If you want to have a character who falls into crisis, all you have to do is turn the Internet off, and then we all understand how that feels, when you suddenly just have time and yourself.

life is the moment we're living right now.

Day after day there are lots of fans here and it helps a lot with them out there rooting for us.

Any one who wants to live in peace and freedom will be to live by toil, demonstration of high levels of discipline and tolerance for one another.