Despite our ever-connective technology, neither Skype nor Facebook - not even a telephone call - can come close to the joy of being with loved ones in person.

My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better.

Every child deserves a chance at a life filled with love, laughter, friends and family.

Never face facts; if you do, you'll never get up in the morning.

One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally to the way you treat a man.

You know, theres endorphins in laughter, as there are endorphins in running in the park.

Women should know that they don't have to hang on to an old dream that has stopped nurturing them - that there is always time to start a new dream.

As much success came to him, my father stayed true to his promise. He built the hospital to help the most helpless children with catastrophic illnesses.

In the 1960s we were fighting to be recognized as equals in the marketplace, in marriage, in education and on the playing field. It was a very exciting, rebellious time.

Where will I be five years from now? I delight in not knowing. That's one of the greatest things about life its wonderful surprises.

Fame lost its appeal for me when I went into a public restroom and an autograph seeker handed me a pen and paper under the stall door.

When it comes to most true bipolars, consider this thought: Genius by birth, bipolar by design.

But I will win and give her my spirit, because this is the way a mother loves her daughter. -Ying Ying

My relationship with my parents is among the greatest gifts of my life.

We're fumbling in the dark, but at least we're in motion.

I've had paranoid panic attacks.

It is [children] who are God's presence, promise and hope for mankind.

Shane? Thank God, somebody sane. Well, sane-ish.

I'm not getting paid right now. No pay, no critique.

The horrid mystery hanging over us in this house gets into my head like liquor, and makes me wild.

Life is one big transition.