An expert is just somebody from out of town with slides.

I grew up in a family of secrets; there was a lot of pathology in the family.

A dead end street is a good place to turn around.

Your body hears everything your mind says.

Having worked as a labor and delivery nurse...I've seen ultrasounds...you know that those babies are real.

You only get to be a victim once. After that, you're a volunteer.

Slow down, simplify and be kind.

You're only a victim once. The next time you're an accomplice.

No one's born with their destiny stamped on their forehead ... we make the choices to fulfill our destiny.

A dead end street is a good place to turn around. Can't really fault the logic of that, unless you want to go down the dead end of course!

People always say 'They [teens] need a good talking to.' I've never agreed with that. A kid needs a good listening to.

The less I have, the less I can lose.

What does it mean to be alive?

Irrespective of what religious or intellectual philosophy guides an enlightened person’s life plan, self-mastery plays an important, if not quintessential role.

What we possess owns us, and we absolutely own nothing.

There's one advantage to being 102. There's no peer pressure.

A young trooper should have an old horse.

Writing nonfiction is more like sculpture, a matter of shaping the research into the finished thing.

News is almost more interesting to me than other people's fiction, if that makes sense. But other people's fiction in terms of design is still incredibly interesting to me.

The day is always his, who works in it with serenity and great aims.

Are there any writers on the literary scene whom I consider truly great? Yes: Truman Capote.