Animals don't think in terms of victims and villains, or good and bad, or evil, or shame.

I don't think that any family has a function. I just think that a family is. It just exists.

Shame doesn't exist in the animal kingdom. It's a human conception.

What we gotta do is, we gotta figure out a way to reverse gravity, so that we all fall upward, through the clouds and sky, all the way to Heaven.

Everybody’s got rights. A man tied to a bed got rights. A man down in a dungeon got rights. A little screaming baby got rights. Yeah, you got rights. What you don’t got is power.

I totally bristle against words like "dysfunction" or "abuse."

We hit and we kept on hitting; we were allowed to be what we were, frightened and vengeful — little animals, clawing at what we needed.

This was a different kind of a kiss, not one that leads to something, but a hard, painful one.It was a goodbye kiss.

There's really no point in having children if you're not going to be home enough to father them.

The translucent life is very much about overflowing with a gift to the world, rather than being here to consume or to get something for yourself.

I used to despair about the condition of the world, to feel a sense of hopelessness; now I find more and more that I need to focus on what I can do, however little it is, to help others.

I was a very shy and introverted person, and it was hard for me to talk to people and make relationships.

Never let the darkness or negativity outside affect your inner self. Just wait until morning comes and the bright light will drown out the darkness.

He who tempts, though in vain, at last asperses The tempted with dishonor foul, supposed Not incorruptible of faith, not proof Against temptation.

I have had an inordinate and painful concern for the audience in my writing career.

I see a government completely out of control, and money is number one. Integrity isn't even on the map.

A dining room table with children's eager hungry faces around it, ceases to be a mere dining room table, and becomes an altar.