People aren't often asked to make life or death decisions. There are no causes to die for. You can go through life never knowing which of your friends would really come through for you

Women only cut their hair in times of crisis... It's somethin' a woman always has the power to do, even when she loses control over everything else. Cuttin' hair is a cry for help.

Discontented women are like pressure cookers. The steam rises and one day they just reach boiling point.

I think women sign on for some ideal when they get married, and when they realise they haven't got anything close to what they want, they bury their disappointment.

Children expect their mothers to love them, no matter what. Those who don't get this tend to feel cheated the rest of their lives.

You don't need to know what you're escaping from to become a fugitive.

While you cannot always change your situation, you can always change the way you respond to it.

Death is the only fantasy that becomes real for all humans.

A man who is not a father to his children can never be a real man,

There are more gifts in who you are than there are in who you think you want to be.

There are no Asian movie stars

We built a coalition of conscience, and that we can do it again, and we can go forward, and help redeem the soul of America.

When you sign with a major label there is no guarantee that they are going to release it either unless you have a guarantee clause or a marketing clause.

On a good day I write, all day.

Beware At war Or at peace, More people die Of unenlightened self-interest Than of any other disease

I have a lion inside me, and I had to feed it words every few days; when I don't, it begins to eat me instead.