Attention, Texas Brigade! The eyes of General Lee are upon you. Forward, march!

There were rules in the monastery, but the Master always warned against the tyranny of the law. 'Obedience keeps the rules,' he would say. 'Love knows when to break them.'

A great philosophy is not a philosophy without reproach; it is philosophy without fear.

It's gotta be rock and roll music, if you wanna dance with me.

Every time you see me I look like I hit the lotto twice.

America, the country of my heart, my second home.

I do like to cook; I'm sort of a mad scientist in the kitchen.

Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter.

I was 47 when I got pregnant. I'd been trying for a couple of years and thought it would never happen.

I try to keep a balance between conceptional or intellectual comprehension and emotional understanding.

I write well on the road. I have the energy, I have the motivation to write. I'm happy when I'm on the road.