In August, an inescapable blanket of heat settled over Paducah, the last gasping breath of summer roaring its weight out over the populace.

He was an indecent man, I told myself - prayerfully - and then I prayed for him to become decent.

The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented.

Someone told me just recently that poets are eulogists. It's their job, to eulogize. I didn't know that, but it makes sense. Because in almost every poem of mine there is a loss.

I work, to this day, from morning to night, seven days a week. I'm always working two, three years ahead of my own timeline; I'm a workaholic.

Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into place in terms of what's important and what's not.

As a woman, a lot of stories haven't been told and we've got a lot of catching up to do.

Love is the humblest yet the most powerful force that the human being has.

But I loved making Eat Pray Love, and I loved working with Julia Roberts.

Live Strong, Act Bold, Be Brave. Nothing's too hard to do, ALWAYS BELIEVE.

The only salvation of the world today... is the rapid dissemination of the basic values of the West, that is, the ideas of democracy, human rights, the civil society, and the free market.