I raced locally for a year, went to Europe the year after and went to the Olympics the year after that.

You push the limits and you find out where the limits are.

I kind of always took it for granted the fact that my parents were Olympic medalists.

When Im not training day in and day out I love to go out and dance, even though it is potentially in my contract that Im not allowed to do that.

There's a lot out there for me to learn that isn't in college, so I think it's fine for me if I don't go yet.

I would describe my dancing talents as incredibly deep.

I'm not super social, don't really go to parties, or basketball games, or football games very often, the big social occasions.

It's cool to be in the paper every once in awhile and people read about you and they know who you are.

If being the biggest company was a guarantee of success, we'd all be using IBM computers and driving GM cars.

Seeing is no longer believing. The very notion of truth has been put into crisis. In a world bloated with images, we are finally learning that photographs do indeed lie.

I think you have to use your eyes as well as your emotion, and one without the other just doesn't work

In my writing, I strive for a lyrical beauty somewhere between Tolkien at his best and Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf.

A man does a lot of praying in an enemy prison. Prayer, even more than sheer thought, is the firmest anchor.

Difference is of the essence of humanity.

Nurturing requires organization, patience, love, and work. Helping growth occur through nurturing is truly a powerful and influential role bestowed on women

I sold my very first novel when I was 24 or 25 years old.

Little information is published on prisons, it is one of the hidden regions of our social system, one of the dark zones of our life.

The more these readjustments are delayed ... the longer the depression will have to last, and the longer complete recovery is postponed.