I fight, and have fought, for political freedom, for justice and for fairness and freedom of speech.

Political campaigns are the graveyard of real ideas and the birthplace of empty promises.

My roots are African. The birds I remember, the fruits I ate, the trees I climbed, they're African.

When you're threatened, or something hard hits you, acknowledge it, embrace it. Don't pretend that you didn't get hurt - hurt, cry, think about it. And then you let it go and try something else.

If you want to be loved by everyone, don't go into politics.

I hope it will come as no surprise that I have something to say.

I mention my age because I find people in this country - women, not men, of course - women are so troubled by their age. There's a culture of youth, and it's a phony culture.

There is a value in taking a stand whether or not anybody may be noticing it, and whether or not it is a risky thing to do.

I grew up in a dictatorship in East Africa.

John will never send a boy or girl in a uniform anywhere in the world because of our need and greed for oil.

As a young woman, I attended Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg, South Africa, which was then not segregated. But I witnessed the weight of Apartheid everywhere around me.

Truth is on the side of the oppressed.

Faith is a fine inventionWhen gentlemen can see, But microscopes are prudentIn an emergency.

People are more comfortable learning about wine because now they can just Google, you know, 'Soave, ' and say, 'Oh, O.K., cool.'

You exist without the feeling of existence.

I don't know if the camera likes me, but I do like the camera.

The imagination is a place all by itself. A separate country. Now, you've heard of the French nation, the British nation. Well, this is the Imagi-nation. It's a wonderful place.

With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable.

I've actually spent a lot of time researching beauty products, how they are produced and how they are sold.

You really need to approach each book as if you have been a failure. . . . If you start to believe your flap-copy, you're finished as a writer.

A little drama wins more friends than boring.