[A]s a parent you just have no idea what anything means. On some level everything your kids do and say is in code.

There are no words precise enough to describe how wide and empty the world is when you lose someone that matters to you as much as Penny did to me.

[W]e’ve learned that grief can sometimes get loud, and when it does, we try not to speak over it.

I’ve never been one to go to church, but I’ve al was ways believed in a creative intelligence behind the ongoing riddle of the world.

I knew I didn’t want to be alone anymore.

The world’s magic sneaks up on you in secret, settles next to you when you have your head turned.

He had been frightened and so he had been vehement.

Why was he drawn to complicated women, or were all women--all people, finally--complicated?

Cease endlessly striving for what you would like to do and learn to love what must be done.

When you have a dark side, nothing is ever as good as it seems.

I am not a party girl.

I only know when I don't know a thing. My uncle has taught me that wisdom lies in that.

It is extremely difficult for a Jew to be converted, for how can he bring himself to believe in the divinity of - another Jew?

Genius and taste don't go together.

When you start a new project, no matter if it's a movie like Enigma or an album like Goddess, you are always learning something. While I search, I find something new.

Be governed by your internal compass, not by some clock on the wall.