Art is magic, and art is powerful. Art saves lives- I really believe that. It gives us courage and compassion we might not have on our own.

As an artist, her imagination isn't fettered by the constraints of reality.

It's her ability as an artist to see possibility where others see a blank page and, by extension, to see victory where others see certain defeat that truly empowers her...

We live vicariously through stories, because our own lives provide so few opportunities for high-stakes adventure and noble sacrifice.

That's the thing about lessons, you always learn them when you don't expect them or want them.

Women can't forgive failure.

If you do not specify and confront real issues, what you say will surely obscure them. If you do not embody controversy, what you say will be an acceptance of the drift to the coming human hell.

In the end words are just wind.

I have never been a communicant.

True liars never love. True lovers never lie.

We're on the cusp, on the brink, of enormous change in this country.

My father was a physicist and also an activist. My first public protest was with my dad at Stanford. I came by all that honestly.

By providing our school districts with direct access to criminal information records, we can help ensure timely and complete information on prospective school employees.

J. Paul Getty, who still hasn't been buried - they keep finding oil! Never got a dinner!