I know that I haven't powers enough to divide myself into one who earns and one who creates.

That's what I want to be when I grow up, just a peaceful wreck holding hands with other peaceful wrecks.

Women have the right to say: this is surface, this falsifies reality, this degrades.

The clock talked loud. I threw it away, it scared me what it talked.

More than in any other human relationship, overwhelmingly more, motherhood means being instantly interruptible, responsive, and responsible

She would not exchange her solitude for anything. Never again to be forced to move to the rhythms of others.

Better immersion than to live untouched.

It is a long baptism into the seas of humankind, my daughter. Better immersion than to live untouched.

And when is there time to remember, to sift, to weigh, to estimate, to total?

Not to have an audience is a kind of death.

It's hard for me to talk about the terrible things that have happened in my lifetime because they didn't need to be.

Make friends on your way up since you might need them on your way down.

I have read the bible, seen its errors and perfections, but the bits of lie contained therein has contaminated the truth.

All great writers share one thing in common:They finished their books.

[In the aftermath of death] Small talk feels too small, big talk too enormous.

This is a problem that Islam has. I called upon Muslim leaders to call out and denounce these murders, these terrorists. Decrying violence isn't enough.

Sometimes, we just have to be asked.

Abraham is trying to obey God, but not to kill. I feel that moment is one of the defining moments of Jewish faith.

Everyone performs bad actions... A bad person is someone who does not lament his bad actions.

I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style - and that's what I do.

Treasure this day and Treasure yourself, truly, neither will ever happen again.