Am I going to have to carry you? If so, it would complete my badass knight-in-shining-armor act with you today.

You're a quiet, beautiful woman in a loud, ugly place. An orchid among weeds. You define obvious.

The first river you paddle runs through the rest of your life. It bubbles up in pools and eddies to remind you who you are.

The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.

The greatest threat to the constitutional right to vote is voter fraud.

I've read short stories that are as dense as a 19th century novel and novels that really are short stories filled with a lot of helium.

I'm dense when it comes to discouragement.

And I would urge all women to have that regular mammogram.

Height has nothing to do with it, it is your strength that counts.

For the girls with messy hair and thirsty hearts.

When people say, "It can't be done," or "You don't have what it takes," it makes the task all the more interesting.

Should-haves solve nothing. It's the next thing to happen that needs thinking about.

Common sense is a skill to learn, and it is the foundation of all good business.

There was no justice, there was only life. And life she had.

The industrial part of Detroit is really the most interesting side, otherwise it’s like the rest of the United States, ugly and stupid.

There are some movies you do for the character there are some movies you do for the people.

By the time I am Howard's age I hope to be long retired. I don't plan on working that long.

We - each of us - are intricately, irremovably connected to the larger universe.

Be humble, be big in mind and soul, be kindly; you will like yourself that way and so will other people

I'm afraid that a certain situation drives me to be someone that I am not, and I always want to be honest and real. I want to be me.

In the future, I will make certain that I commit to projects so there's enough breathing space for me to have an emotional life.