I don't know what any individual should do about crossing her own borders. I only know that I live a happier, more adventurous life, by crossing borders.

Everybody likes to have a place to think, to meditate, to eat a burrito.

If you let people into your life a little bit, they can be pretty damn amazing.

He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing.

Life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community.

If you teach kids how to tell stories, they have a better chance at everything.

What kind of life can you have in a house without books?

Don't live up to your stereotypes.

When you resort to violence to prove a point, you’ve just experienced a profound failure of imagination.

If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads.

Do you know why the Indian rain dances always worked? Because the Indians would keep dancing until it rained.

Immature love says "I love you because I need you." Mature love says "I need you because I love you."

The best way to avoid danger is to meet it plump.

Art is the act of triggering deep memories, of what it means to be fully human.

We have no basis to conclude she [Hillary Clinton] lied to the FBI.

But that hair? That is comedy entrapment. People are not attacking your hair, they are defending themselves from something that appears like it's about to attack them.

Spy plots are hard, really hard.

I do most of my work sitting down; that's where I shine.

I'm a hero with coward's legs.

Open your mouth wide A universal sigh.

I wouldn't wear makeup, and I didn't like to let boys open the door for me because I felt like it was sexist.