Each of us carries a sleeping tiger inside, and we can’t predict when that cat will wake, stretch, and sharpen its claws.

The loneliest days are the ones where you keep company with someone you love who can’t hear you.

Was it possible to do both, to contribute to the world while merely observing it? To be content in the moment, but plan for the future? Could you follow your heart without losing all common sense?

Never judge a person until you've walked a mile in their busted up shoes and haven't had any money for medication for two weeks.

When there's darkness on earth, be a light in the world.

Escaping Reality One Erotic Romance Novel At a Time.

I don't have to go into outer space to write about an astronaut.

I feel funny about owning art. I don't really want to say: "Wow, come and see my Monet - it's in a dark room at the bottom of my cellar."

Weighing too much on someone's talent and not someone's personality. I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.

I have never lost faith in America's essential goodness and greatness.

People have this idea that nature dictates a sort of 1950s sitcom version of what males and females are like. That is just not the case in the insect world.

What the scientists have in their briefcases is terrifying.

In my house, a hot dog is a dog that's really hot.