I think it's so important for all of us to be able to see ourselves represented in the books we read and the movies and TV shows we watch.

Don't let anybody tell you it's corporations and businesses that create jobs.

The American people are tired of liars and people who pretend to be something they're not.

In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And that must change.

Islam is the fastest-growing religion in America, a guide and pillar of stability for many of our people.

You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion.

There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard. There cannot be true democracy unless women are given the opportunity to take responsibility for their own lives.

I really do hope that we have a woman president in my lifetime.

We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society.

Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights. Let us not forget that among those rights are the right to speak freely - and the right to be heard.

I have to confess that it's crossed my mind that you could not be a Republican and a Christian.

Books have the power to create, destroy or change civilization.

Stories are a different kind of true.

Even in the middle of a hopeless darkness a light may suddenly reach you

Ethics and I had crossed paths recently, and I’m not sure that I fell on the right side of the morality line.

Everything of value, doesn't come with a price tag

A wonderful emotion to get things moving when one is stuck is anger. It was anger more than anything else that had set me off, roused me into productivity and creativity.

I'm still around artists. I don't have anymore wall space. And I don't have the money to collect anymore, the prices are outrageous.

If I let you get killed, the other body guards will make fun of me.

Good science fiction is intelligent. It asks big questions that are on people's minds. It's not impossible. It has some sort of root in the abstract.

I did some writing. I was just taking the kids to school. I did a couple things and we did some tours. It was a lot of downtime.