Being the “best you can be” is really only possible when you are deeply connected to another. Splendid isolation is for planets, not people.

The most functional way to regulate difficult emotions in love relationships is to share them.

In insecure relationships, we disguise our vulnerabilities so our partner never really sees us.

Naming an emotion begins the process of regulating it and reflecting on it.

Rudy, please, wake up, God**** it, I love you. Come on, Rudy, come on, Jesse Owens, don't you know I love you, wake up, wake up, wake up...

Truth only has one story, while a lie has a dictionary.

Like the practice of breath control, meditation on the forms of God, repetition of mantras, food restrictions, etc., are but aids for rendering the mind quiescent.

I don't think there's a shortage of material in the world. Or in my head. I just pray for continued good health, because I've got other stories to tell.

Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who diffuse it: it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker.

The master is a slave when he fears those whom he rules.

I was born pretty lucky, an Aryan Australian, friendly girl, that gives you a lot of advantages in the world. I was unaware of people's fights or struggles for equality. I was really naive.

I think we need editorial oversight now more than ever. Anything we can do to help newspapers find new ways of expression that will help them get paid, I am all for.

Throw it up y'all, throw it up, Throw it up, Let's show these fools how we do this on that west side. Cause you and I know it's tha best side.

The trouble with the publishing business is that too many people who have half a mind to write a book do so.