Just when everything seems to go along just fine, Life comes by and throws you its line.

To make this world a whole lot brighter, when I grow up I'll be a writer.

Poetry and I fit together. I can't imagine being without it... It is food and drink, it is all seasons, it is the stuff of all existence.

Peace may be hard to achieve, but is possible with small yet essential steps that are guided by courage and sufficient commitment.

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

There is no salvation for civilization, or even the human race, other than the creation of a world government.

Public support in the U.S. for the war against Iraq was founded on a multitiered edifice of falsehood and deceit, coordinated by the U.S. government and faithfully amplified by the corporate media.

My upbringing was middle-class but my parents' families were both working-class so I had this odd combination of working-class background but in a privileged position.

We had a good run, and now it’s over; what’s wrong with that?

The right to privacy... is broad enough to encompass a woman's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy.

The impulse for personal adornment is hard to stamp out.

Successful leaders are great askers

I think penguins are cute.