I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of the accidents of race or color. They are superior who have the best heart — the best brain.

Effective decision-making can be seen as an optimal link between memory of the past, ground-realities of the present and insights of the future.

There is a kind of poetry, bad and good, in evrything, everywhere we look.

In the Fifties, my parents were known as 'America's sweethearts'. Their pictures graced the covers of all the newspapers. They were the Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston of their day.

Often, the disparities in the ways men and women are treated are subtle; there are not these clear barriers that you have to break down.

Switzerland is a country where very few things begin, but many things end.

A novel is what you dream in your night sleep. A novel is not waking thoughts although it is written and thought with waking thoughts.

Courage is being afraid - and going ahead, anyway.

Nobody's interested in sweetness and light.

I have to do things for myself, and if those standards are set high, then it's up to me to pass or fail.

You guys at Fox can't seem to get your facts straight.