If there is nothing new under the sun, at least the sun itself is always new, always re-creating itself out of its own inexhaustible fire.

May the beauty of the flowers remind us of the beauty of our loved one's spirit

Life consists of positive and negative features, and I think that it is permissible to write about both.

I do not believe the accusations against my husband, not for one second.

Is any one able for one day to apply his strength to virtue? I have not seen the case in which his strength would be sufficient.

Unless you have read and absorbed the best that can be read and absorbed, you will not think clearly or well.

I feel blessed, I really feel fulfilled.

I'd like to have the script in a much better place from day one of shooting, rather than trying to continue to work on it while you shoot it. I think those are lessons you learn on any film.

Toughness isn't about you and what you want, it's about not quitting because others need you.

I am marked like a road map from head to toe with my repressions. You can travel the length and breadth of my body over superhighways of shame and inhibition and fear.

The increased global linkages promote economic growth in the world through two key mechanisms: the division of labor and the international spillovers of knowledge.