Am I worried about the future? I don't know. When I think of the word it's like seeing a cavity, a space where a tooth used to be.

And that's humbling, knowing that your voice can mean so much to another person.

Shame isn't a quiet grey cloud, shame is a drowning man who claws his way on top of you, scratching and tearing your skin, pushing you under the surface.

Once they know they've got a hold of your shame, they can shake it out and hold it up for the all world to see. And you become less than it. You become something disgusting.

For it is commonly said: accomplished labours are pleasant.

It’s not easy to ask… asking makes you vulnerable.

You can't just go around killing people. You're right. You can't go around killing people.

Habit will reconcile us to everything but change

Our social life is literally primal, in the sense that chimpanzees and gorillas, our closest relatives among the primates, are also social.

There's nothing like a debate to teach one quickness. I often wish I had gone in for them when I was a youngster. It would have helped me no end.

The ACLU is not just religiously neutral, but staunchly anti-religious. Particularly, anti-Christian.

Retirement is unthinkable to me. The future is bright and very exciting and I'm looking forward to playing a part in it.

If we do the ordinary, God will add an extra to it.

We Barbie dolls are not supposed to behave the way I do.