When the facts change, you change your mind. I know that is a hard concept for people to get sometimes.

Republicans want smaller government for the same reason crooks want fewer cops; it's easier to get away with murder.

The voter is basically dumb and lazy. The reason I became a Democratic operative instead of a Republican was because there were more Democrats that didn’t have a clue than there were Republicans.

Drag a $100 bill through a trailer camp and there's no telling what you will find.

If Hillary gave up one of her balls and gave it to Obama, he'd have two.

Don't get mad. Don't get even. Just get elected, then get even.

Winning an argument with your wife is like winning the war with Iraq. Once you win, you're in even more trouble.

Never underestimate people.

Washington is a dirty diaper. It's time for a change.

If you say three things, you don't say anything.

Sometimes a mind is like a mouth: you just got to shut it.

I'm a book girl--I love all the stories the world has to offer. No matter the book, I will taste it and drink it down.

Through no divine design or cosmic plan, we have inherited the mantle of life's caretaker on the earth, the only home we have ever known.

I think the anti-intellectualism of a lot of contemporary fiction is a kind of despairing of literature's ability to be anything more than perfectly bound blog posts or transcribed sitcoms.

Letting your mind play is the best way to solve problems.

Ah! dear friend, you little know the possibilities which are in you.

To be afraid is to have more faith in evil than in God.

I turned the pages so fast. And I suppose I was, in my mindless way, looking for a something, version of myself, a heroine I could slip inside as one might a pair of favourite shoes.

If there is any message to my work, it is ultimately that it's ok to be different.

I believe I could have had a career in the music industry without 'X Factor,' but it was an amazing platform that propelled me to where I am now.

Your body is your instrument, you play it expertly.