I'm a competitor. And I don't want to say, hey, just because this person is a woman or this person is a minority, that they're not going to get the white male vote.

It is okay not to like someone, but it is never okay to try and degrade, humiliate, or dehumanize them.

Leadership is not a position or a title, it is action and example.

The world you see outside of you will always be a reflection of what you have inside of you.

Before you speak to me about your religion, first show it to me in how you treat other people. Before you tell me how much you love your God, show me in how much you love all His children.

Don't let your inability to do everything undermine your determination to do something.

When happy, be kind. When angry, be kind. When hopeful, be kind. When discouraged, be kind. When ever, be kind.

No matter what, we always have the power to choose hope over despair, engagement over apathy, kindness over indifference, love over hate.

The right attitude can transform a barrier into a blessing, an obstacle into an opportunity or a stumbling block into a stepping stone.

Give the respect you want to receive; embody the grace you hope to encounter; and help others with no expectations whatsoever.

Give more than is expected, love more than seems wise, serve more than seems necessary, and help more than is asked.

The music of revelation announces itself to the reader in somber brooding tones or in melodies light as air and one is invited to dance with the most captivating of partners: poetry.

I have loved and lost many a time, but along the way I have found myself.

It's frightening when things you love appear suddenly changed from what you have always known.

I don't like any sport except boxing and bull fighting.

It is always understood as an expression of condemnation when anything in Literature or Art is said to be done for effect; and yet to produce an effect is the aim and end of both.

We accept reality so readily - perhaps because we sense that nothing is real.

I've had a career where I've bounced around a lot between different genres, and I feel very lucky and very blessed that that's happened to me.

Let water wash our bodies clean, and love wash our souls.

The joy of creating is the truest joy.

I told you, everyone understands a quest.