Distance is a bridge, not a gulf, between lovers.

One is never wounded by the love one gives, only by the love one expects.

The slope contains many wonders not found at the summit.

Philosophers console themselves with explanations.

The search for first causes is the ultimate wild goose chase.

When you separate thought from life, you get philosophy.

Logical positivism is philosophy from the neck up.

The questions philosophers ask are not so much meaningless as irrelevant.

No explanation is ever as good as not having one.

The truth is what you live through while you're looking for the truth.

Never confuse a hunger for knowledge with a thirst for truth.

When you want something, he entire universe conspires to help you achieve it.

I have consistently supported laws ensuring women are able to make their own health care decisions, and I will continue to protect womens access to contraceptives and reproductive health care.

My writing has always been met with derision or dismissal.

Montefusco bare-hands it and throws him out. That grounder will make you a traveling salesman in a hurry!

At these award shows, I love to see what people are going to wear.

I was a really pretentious teenager.

Never cast pearls before swine.

I don't think of it as a competition - which might surprise you, given the way movies are reported constantly.

My primary lesson, however, was that I'm a solo writer, happiest when I'm making all the executive decisions. I've always been willing to rise or fall on my own merits.