You lose everything you love in the order in which you love it.

Writing is an outlet, but it’s not an outlet of escape. People keep a journal when they want to escape. I write to rub my face in it.

They don't understand it. They're not old enough to know the first instinct of irritation should be avoided in order to keep an open mind.

Today, it's possible to read both erotica and books written for children without fear of social castigation.

It was clear that in a past life the detective had been a phone booth beside an empty highway.

When this world totally fails, the ground for joy remains.

I have never seen a wrestling match or prize fight, and I don't want to. When I find out a man is interested in these sports, I drop him.

There was no market for poetry about trauma, abuse, loss, love, and healing through the lens of a Punjabi-Sikh immigrant woman.

Intervention giving is emotional and the results are measurable.

If not for my family, I would have been in big trouble.

Thanksgiving began in 1621 when Native Americans sat down with a bunch of undocumented pilgrims. They had dinner and the pilgrims never left.

I've always had this tremendous and very deep feeling of knowing my purpose, you know? It never dawned on me, it always very much known.

I've been trying to get into the Royal Box in New York for years. They say I'm too dirty, my material is too blue. But I think Redd, the whites and blue can be a nice combination.

in all the world there is not someone who does not believe something.

I like musicals and I love music.