She wanted to be her, or be with her, or destroy her.

I enjoy 'Murphy Brown, ' but I am shocked that people really like 'Married... With Children.' These shows are toilet humor, and none of them have good characters.

It was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up.

I've struggled with depression before. For me, music was always a very positive way to will myself out of that situation.

We focus so much on how immigrants can change America that we forget that America has always changed immigrants even more.

The first two chapters of any first draft generally need to be cut.

Without charm there can be no fine literature, as there can be no perfect flower without fragrance.

You cannot import anything from outside your country regarding the future of your country.

Jesus taught that we'll never be satisfied with anything we own, only with Who owns us.

As the weeks and months unfolded, we realized that we were the victims of a broken promise.

I never worry about the social backlash against my work because I'm a man in a dress, and somehow American society creates a buffer on how severe things are when you put a man in a dress.