A wet dream in the mind of New York.

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.

The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one's nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.

My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and adorable daughters wonder why feminism had become a dirty word.

The revelations of God can come to you in a state of wakefulness or in sleep

The most difficult thing is letting go of something you believed you were born to do, but there is always other options.

You see, God didn't create us to merely survive. He created us to thrive! We were made for abundant life.

summer is in me—clouds and lakes of shadows, rippling under the trees

In mysticism, there's more of a sense of adventure, of camaraderie.

Awe is the best drug in the world

I think my speeches are hilarious. I think I'm a natural comedian, but I like denying people the chance to laugh. I want to deny you the relief of the punchline.

Every human activity, good or bad, except mathematics, must come to an end.

We want to make good time, but for us now this is measured with the emphasis on "good" rather than on "time".

Music represents nature. Nature represents life. Jazz represents nature. Jazz is life.