I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.

An anniversary is a reminder as to why you love and married this person.

The morning is always my best time of the day for writing because that's when my head is best.

Life isn't always really glamorous and fabulous. It's about encouraging people to go back to natural beauty.

The sh*t's gonna splatter, start buggin, yo..."Mencheres to Cat

Leaders find a need and quickly respond to the need.

Had I known, I would not have left you, alone beneath those stars, on the night when I last saw you, not knowing it was the last.

From bigots who hawk their goddoor-to-door, preserve us.

A lot of publishers have close relationships with people in power. So the press, which used to speak truth to power, doesn't. The big result of that has been the erosion of trust.

I'm very open to all different genres because I'm a very open-minded girl.

Temple going is for the purification of the soul.

If this be treason, make the most of it!

Pakistan is both an ally in the war on terror and in some sense a battleground of the war on terror.

Playing halfback in high school and college was marvelous! It taught me how to get to the end zone. I wanted to make my nickname "End Zone Tommy!"