Any woman who dares to make her own destiny will always put herself in danger.

Every woman is a mad ugly bad old witch somewhere in her heart.

All that that I learn just teaches me that I know nothing.

I am fit to capture a unicorn, and I should not be so questioned.

Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.

He speaks English with the flawless imperfection of a New Yorker.

One cannot help but be in awe when [one] contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality.

Be isolated, be ignored, be attacked, be in doubt, be frightened, but do not be silenced.

A 1940 Gallup poll showed 83 percent of the public was against intervention. A good pretext was needed to gain support from an intransigent public.

The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.

I will act now. I will act now. I will act now.

Part of being a writer is knowing when what you write is really bad.

Do you realize what would happen if Moses were alive today? He'd go up to Mount Sinai, come back with the Ten Commandments, and spend the next eight years trying to get published.

Mercy should make us ashamed, wrath afraid to sin.