At last, small witches, goblins, hags, And pirates armed with paper bags Their costumes hinged on safety pins, Go haunt a night of pumpkin grins.

We are most alive when we're in love.

Life is a nacho. It can be yummy-crunchy or squishy-yucky. It just depends on how long it takes for you to start eating it.

Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.

You cannot help but learn more as take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is and old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it.

A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.

Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went.

The scissors cut the long-grown hair; The razor scrapes the remnant fuzz. Small-jawed, weak-chinned, big-eyed, I stare At the forgotten boy I was.

It is easy to love people in memory; the hard thing is to love them when they are there in front of you.

Inspiration arrives as a packet of material to be delivered.

So much love, too much love, it is our madness, it is rotting us out, exploding us like dandelion polls.

The Terrible Truth is that brutality is part of human nature, and all the laws in the world can't neuter it.

If I believe the same things today I did yesterday I've learned nothing.

Why don't you start believing that no matter what you have or haven't done, that your best days are still out in front of you.

I think if I believe in something strongly enough, I'm pretty outspoken about it.

I have three dogs and a cockatoo.

Boo-hoo. Help me, I'm a girl. What kind of modern woman are you? A smart one.

Well, certainly I think American television is - that's proper TV.

Silence is a great peacemaker.

The mugger who is arrested is back on the street before the police officer, but the person mugged may not be back on the street for a long time, if ever.

Leadership is all about raising the aspirations of people.