I believed my story would be helpful to young women my daughter's age, who are still in the process of forming themselves as women, and in need of encouragement to remain true to themselves.

She felt everything too deeply, it was like the world was too much for her.

It's not only children who grow. Parents do too.

A person who deserves my loyalty receives it.

The big dramas that fascinate me are the quiet ones that happen behind closed doors in so-called ordinary families.

The painter who feels obligated to depict his subjects as uniformly beautiful or handsome and without flaws will fall short of making art.

At Home in the World is the story of a young woman, raised in some difficult circumstances, and how she survives. It tells a story of redemption, not victimhood.

To share our stories is not only a worthwhile endeavor for the storyteller, but for those who hear our stories and feel less alone because of it.

My job is writing. I get paid to do it. When was the last time you heard someone challenge a doctor for making money off of cancer?

The portrait of my parents is a complicated one, but lovingly drawn.

Those who rhapsodize about the ease and joy of childhood have perhaps forgotten what it's like to be 12 years old.

there are some some times in life where you have to let your feelings go and do what must be done

I hate feeling hate but feeling nothing feels worse.

We're reaching the point where the Earth will have to end the burden we've placed on her, if we don't lift the burden ourselves.

I don't lack for bed partners, so I don't need to scrounge for unwilling scraps.-Spade

There's just something that is kind of magical that happens when we sing live.

The joy of being in the studio is having people being utterly free to throw out their ideas.

I'm bored by films that revolve around a trick. I kind of know if a film is right for me; all the most important decisions are made intuitively.

Gun is the instrument of the coward and the weak!

Character is forged not on the mountaintop but in the valley.

There are many counterfeits of character, but the genuine article is difficult to be mistaken.