Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening.

Its unfortunate and I really wish I wouldn't have to say this, but I really like human beings who have suffered. They're kinder.

Being disabled should not mean being disqualified from having access to every aspect of life.

I think books are like people, in the sense that they'll turn up in your life when you most need them.

I hate the way market forces try to separate us out in to the appropriate demographic - basically in order to sell us things. We need to find stories that we can enjoy together, not separately.

I was brought up by very witty people who were dealing with quite difficult things: disease and death... I was brought up by people who tended to giggle at funerals.

Maybe I don't take myself so seriously any more. And I don't care how I'm judged. I'm past all that.

You can't imagine what satisfaction can be gotten from throwing a pie into someone's face.

When husbands and fathers leave, their wives and daughters tend to value themselves less as a result.

During an election, it's like they're doing my job: they're going around banging the drum for their party and selling their movie. You know, it's the same thing.

Just write. It doesn't matter what you write. Just sit at your desk and write.

And what lesson can we draw from Volantene history?”“If you want to conquer the world, you best have dragons.

Our challenge for the future is that we realize we are very much a part of the earth's ecosystem, and we must learn to respect and live according to the basic biological laws of nature.

After trying Atkins and doing Nutrisystem a few times, now I'm just focused on maintaining a healthy lifestyle rather than dieting.

I want to do what I love, which is act, and hopefully through that, leave a positive impact somehow, someway, with somebody.

I do love to walk around in New York because people will notice me, smile, but they never bother anyone. New Yorkers are very cool. I love New York.

I'm monogamous from time to time, but I prefer polygamy and polyandry.

We ought to thank President Bush. He made it a lot easier for people to do taxes this year. No job, no income tax this year.

Mama - Mama - I want so many things... I want so many things that they are driving me kind of crazy.

Once I decide to do something, I want to win in the worst way. I will do anything within the law to win.

I think they're going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.