A lot of sad stories in a row - that wears on you.

I was an English major in college, and then I went to graduate school in English at the University of North Carolina for three years.

My job as the mother of daughters is to make sure my children see that every opportunity is available to them.

Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before.

This diagnosis is a reminder that this is the life you've got. And you're not getting another one. Whatever has happened, you have to take this life and treasure and protect it.

It's just a part of our nature to hope.

... all things are possible if you are willing to put yourself on the line. You cannot stand back and hope for the best. You have to act.

You recognize a survivor when you see one. You recognize a fighter when you see one.

A lot of people have great hope, and a lot of people who have great hope live. And, some of them who have great hope die. So it's not that hope is going to save you.

Tabloid news is tabloid news.

We were never a family that had a lot. We had enough, but not a lot.

She doesn't trust easily, but when she does it's always with the devil himself.

perception shapes priorities, priorities shape people

I believe that music is another form of news. Music is another form of journalism to me so I have to cover all the areas with my album.

In debating the respective merits of dogs and cats, not having to walk a cat when it's 20 below zero deserves consideration.

My arrogance knows no bounds and I will make no peace today, and you should be so lucky to find a woman like me.

Wouldn't it be interesting to take Elvis back to his Sun Records period? I don't know. But I'm content to listen to his Sun Records. I don't want to dig him up out of the grave.

[Calvinistic tradition] has fashioned and shaped my thinking since I was a teenager.

Veracity does not consist in saying, but in the intention of communicating the truth.

I've exceeded a few of my goals, but I'm behind on a couple of others.

What is fright by night is curiosity by day.