A memoir, at its heart, is written in order to figure out who you are.

Kids are trusting and wise and I cannot think of a less useful combination to be born with. The wisdom lets children know who they are. And then the trust lets everyone else take that knowledge away.

I’d rather love you at the bottom than despise you at the top.

I never knew how soothing trees are - many trees and patches of open sunlight and tree presences it is almost like having another being.

What unites Oklahomans today is what has always united us: Our unshakable faith. Our love of family and compassion for others. The unlimited promise of a hopeful future.

As I often tell my students, the person you’ll have the hardest time opening to and truly loving without reserve is yourself. Once you can do that, you can love the whole universe unconditionally.

I don't really follow market research. In the end, I respond to my own instincts.

I adore [my son]. I wouldn't trade him in for a Pulitzer - unless someone actually offered that as an option.

Rescind the appointment of [Steve] Bannon. We will not be involved in the expansion of bigotry, of racism, sexism, homophobia.

No ethos, pursued without thought or mercy, is ethical.

By the way, I've decided to start referring to myself exclusively as 'Daddy.' Everytime Daddy would otherwise say 'I' or 'Me,' Daddy is now going to say 'Daddy.

It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.