One thing that's certain: around the corner from every ugly thing, there's something really beautiful. If we stop at every bitter interaction; we'll never reach our destination.

There is nothing worse than doing nothing and saying nothing when your voice is needed.

Step out of the space you're in. Use fear to grow. We can change lives, starting with our own.

If you can tell a story well, you can move people to do something.

Stories are more than compelling facts. People remember stories more than they remember statistics.

Always zig when people expect you to zag. Confound them!

My advice to young women who are looking to be successful; make sure you're passionate about whatever it is that you're doing. And make sure you're fulfilled by the opportunities within your job.

One thing we can do really well for our students is to help them figure out their identity.

Is the capacity for cruelty inherent in all of us?

It is a sad day for our country when the moral foundation of our law and the acknowledgment of God has to be hidden from public view to appease a federal judge.

It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks about what's "too much" what's "enough" or if you're telling the "right" stories, just do good work.

Rule no man than yourself.

You are not your past. You are the warrior that rose above it to become the example of someone who didn't survive, but thrived in creating the most beautiful last chapter of their life.

Clinton's attempt to socialize healthcare was the second most disgusting thing he did in the oval office. I can't remember was the first thing was.

Writers were never meant to be professionals. Writing is not a profession, it is an activity, an essentially amateur occupation. It is what you do when you are not living.

I heard someone from the music business saying they are no longer looking for talent, they want people with a certain look and a willingness to cooperate.

How we act with each other really reveals our most animal instincts.

Nothing ever happened except God.

Our mission is to celebrate the greatness of Creation and connect it again to the Core where it came from and to where it will go, with care, lightness, joy, reverence and love.

I'm a perfectly good carrot that everyone is trying to turn into a rose. As a carrot, I have good color and a nice leafy top. When I'm carved into a rose, I turn brown and wither.

If you don't pass through anything in life, you can't be anything.