A friend of mine said, 'Leukemia hasn't met Susan Butcher yet,' and I agree with her. It's going to have to fight awful hard if it wants to take me.

I do not know the word 'quit.' Either I never did, or I have abolished it.

I was very aware that I was a woman and that the Iditarod was a big thing for women, but I didn't want to be given any special treatment. I just wanted to be viewed as a musher.

I care for my dogs as if my life depended on them. And oftentimes it does.

Dogs have a lot to communicate to a person willing to listen.

I do not know the word 'quit'. Either I never did, or I have abolished it.

Neither compares nor competes. Be creative.

Two of my three siblings are older, so I suppose I learned from them and became a very avid reader at a young age, which I think enough cannot be said for what you can discover through literature.

To really be centered and to really work well and to think about the kinds of things that I need to think about, I need to spend large amounts of time alone.

Who is his manager? Milton Bradley.

The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes.

When we function from a place of positive energy, the world around us becomes more positive.

Trust in God. Hold on to His love. Know that one day the dawn will break brightly and all shadows of mortality will flee.

All I'm doing is painting. It's my hobby. And that's that.

West is too materialist; East is too spiritual; North is too cold; South is too loose!

The Republican Party would be well-advised to get the heck out of people's bedrooms.