In my life, the stories I have heard from my family, my friends, my community, and from willing strangers all over the world have been the true source of my education.

When we make mistakes, say, I'm blessed that I have an opportunity to learn from this.

If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum.

Once women are not excluded, I don't think any of us will give a damn what pronouns are used. That wasn't the point.

Why do we kill people who are killing people to show that killing people is wrong?

Leaping away from my mistakes has propelled me forward. It has great force behind it. It makes for great storytelling.

To be always in a state of wonder is a kind of sensitivity that can sometimes be an extraordinary blessing and sometimes a real pain.

I am selfish. I reach for the world I want to live in. And I believe in leaving our best we can do to our children

Music can be used against us as much as it can be used for us. Muzak can put a whole nation to sleep, whereas a lullaby is intended to put a child to sleep in a sweet way.

You just keep feeding hogwash to people, and pretty soon they'll eat it.

You can't just leave out one part; the bread won't rise if the yeast isn't there.

Every reader has found charms by which to secure possession of a page that, by magic, becomes as if never read before, fresh and immaculate.

I wanted to live in your heart and in your dreams.I wanted to enjoy your love, laughter and screams.

If only I knew... If only baby... If only...

That girl is a grade one a-hole with a severe attitudinal problem.

But to personally satisfy my own adrenalin needs, I've been racing cars a little bit, which has been fun.

A world government with powers adequate to guarantee security is not a remote ideal for the distant future. It is an urgent necessity if our civilization is to survive.

You steal the limelight, you steal the market share

You can put a dog in a scene and everyone's going to be better, I guarantee it. And if they're not better, just shoot the dog.

The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.

The engine of growth is also the engine of inequality.