If you can't return a favor, pass it on.

The young women in my classes are feisty and clever and believe, often with the passion of youthful optimism, that feminism is a battle already won. I worry for them - and for my daughters, too.

I'm working on a nonfiction book on Nepal and a novel about diasporas.

The richest most meaningful stories are found in small places: made, carried, crafted, told, and retold by apparently unimportant people.

Sometimes I like to play the soundtracks to famous musicals so we can all sing along. South Pacific is one of my favorites. Our neighbors must hate us.

Never give up. And most importantly, be true to yourself. Write from your heart, in your own voice, and about what you believe in.

I can't pick out one single book that had such a profound personal impact.

It took a brave editor in the U.S. to sign a contract for Dancing Girls, and without her belief in the book, I'm not sure it would ever have found its way into print.

Don't call 'em dogs. Dogs are loyal and they run after balls.

I could write an entertaining novel about rejection slips, but I fear it would be overly long.

I thought it was something peculiar to me. I thought I was abnormal.

Human beings can handle much terrible circumstances in life. And that there is always light at the end of the tunnel.--Here Tomorrow

To sense which gifts to accept & which to leave behind is our path to discovering freedom.

In life, we choose whether or not we want to be a winner or a loser. To be a winner, we must devote time and hard work. To be a loser you do nothing, and that's exactly what you will get, nothing.

Focus on the core problem your business solves & put out lots of content & enthusiasm, & ideas about how to solve that problem.

one hundred percent of the bishops who oppose the repeal of anti-abortion laws are men and one hundred percent of the people who have abortions are women.

I married Miss Right. I just didn't know her first name was Always

Even the President needs passion.

We'll do whatever it takes to score as many points as we can-and definitely one more point than the opponent.

It is wrong to have an ideal view of the world. That's where the mischief starts. That's where everything starts unravelling.

If you're going to be called a musicianship, you have to be able to play.