Democratic dissent is not disloyalty, it is a positive civic duty.

We need to celebrate stories by women, for women, as just one more way to redress gender injustice.

In a democracy, regulation of the press and imposing standards on it must be voluntary.

The joy from eating does not come from the exclusivity of the food, but instead from the sensitivity that we eat it with.

And the voice of God was in the whirlwind after all, said Thor

The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of time... and you can't see it if you refuse to face the possibility.

As the late baseball manager Sparky Anderson put it: “Losing hurts twice as bad as winning feels good.

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.

Man has his future within him, dynamically alive at this present moment.

At its best, the sensation of writing is that of any unmerited grace. It is handed to you, but only if you look for it.

I phoned my grandparents and my grandfather said 'We saw your movie.' 'Which one?' I said. He shouted 'Betty, what was the name of that movie I didn't like?

Very often there's this misapprehension about actors being people that need to display themselves, to reveal themselves in public.

Indifference is a misguided way of defending ourselves.