Over the last few hours I've allowed myself to feel defeated, and just like she said if you allow yourself to feel the way you really feel, maybe you won't be afraid of that feeling anymore.

For the most part, pianos are female to me. Sometimes they're dykes, and they're always good fun.

Women must understand that simply attacking or hating men is just another form of disempowerment. A woman has to realize that when she makes a man crawl it doesn't give her power.

Guys would sleep with a bicycle if it had the right color lip gloss on. They have no shame. They're like bull elks in a field.

Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.

Some of the most wonderful people are the ones who don't fit into boxes.

We are all fairies living underneath a leaf of a lily pad.

It's emotional blackmail to say if you're a good businesswoman and a musician, you're betraying your music.

People think I'm nuts because I can sit in a room and be happy by myself.

The sense of loss is such a tricky one, because we always feel like our worth is tied up into stuff that we have, not that our worth can grow with things we are willing to lose.

Some people hide more than others, and it does intrigue me.

There is no better high than discovery.

Just because you can't read doesn't make you dumb. It just means you haven't learned yet.

Sin also affects the conscience, until one becomes slow to detect the approach of sin.

At the time that I knew them, they were not living together. They began dating again after their divorce, so I didn't really see fighting.

Any experience that isn't fun is probably something I will at least use in my writing someday.

It's a big thing back in my hometown about me being here. There are a lot of people behind me.

Deeply funny musings and adventures elevate Paul Rudnick to the highest level of American comedy writing.

Putting something called Nature on a pedestal and admiring it from afar does for the environment what patriarchy does for the figure of Woman. It is paradoxical act of sadistic admiration.

You should think of your customers as partners, or better still, family.

The presence of the present has become insistent, undeniable, and I dare not look away.