There is something very unique in American iconography about this notion of the pursuit of happiness.

I'm happy. Which often looks like crazy.

To me to write well is to battle stereotypes. To write well is to create three-dimensional characters that seem human.

Why, in the Peking Opera, are women's roles played by men?...Because only a man knows how a woman is supposed to act.

Sometimes I hate you, sometimes I hate myself, but always I miss you

It's the stories that make my heart beat faster ...those are the ones to write about

I define the American dream as the ability to imagine a way that you want your life to turn out, and have a reasonable hope that you can achieve that.

Now I see -- we are always most revolted by the things hidden within us.

Yellow Face marks my summation of multiculturalism.

The West believes the East, deep down, wants to be dominated, because a woman can’t think for herself

I've never quite understood the idea of a "season." Whenever an artistic director says to me, 'I have this slot,' I always start to feel we're parking cars or something.

I'll never get over the factthat the buildings all light up at night, and the night comes every nightand without regret we let it go.We sleep a little and we live.That's what we do.

I said, you know they refused Jesus, too. He said, you're not him.

See what's happening to our sisters around the world. I'm very interested in the protection of women globally.

Death is the dropping of the flower, that the fruit may swell.

The quieting of our mind is a political act.

We're going to play better, and we're going to play harder.

You can't have your privacy violated if you don't know your privacy is violated.

The greatest leader in the world could never win a campaign unless he understood the men he had to lead.

Moving on after a break up is a great way to get back on your feet and start feeling happy again.