It's been said that no man is a hero to a newspaperman, and I spent too many years as an ink-stained wretch.

The beauty of love is that in giving it away, you are left with more than you had before.

Awakening into love is a lifelong path.

The drug war is a holocaust in slow motion.

A little anger is a good thing if it isn't on your own behalf, if it's for others deserving of your anger, your empathy.

Every day, human beings are worth less. That's the triumph of capitalism. The money gets made, and the fewer people we need to make that money.

People from here will often say, "I'm not from the United States, I'm from New Orleans."

To be told you've won a MacArthur fellowship is very flattering and gratifying personally.

Genuine inner freedom is the ultimate aim of life. It is the unspoken goal of every thought you have and every action you take.

Life is too short to carry the burden of a heavy heart. It does not serve you or anyone else. Free yourself through the power of forgiveness and compassion.

The best #‎ gift we can give in any interaction is to leave people feeling lighter, #‎ happier , and more at #‎ peace .

My roses are my jewels, the sun and moon my clocks, fruit and water my food and drink.

to travel is worth any cost or sacrifice.

I can only be me.

One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.

For the entire state of Georgia, having the premiere of Gone With the Wind on home ground was like winning the Battle of Atlanta 75 years late.

The link between ideas and action is rarely direct. There is almost always an intermediate step in which the idea is overcome.

Thus ideas like subliminal advertising today rarely works and or even exists.

Humility is the virtue that requires the greatest amount of effort.

I must have done everything I had. You go through years where you go through everything you've ever written

What feminism did was make clear for me how much I longed for clarity. I got married twice, each time in a fog. I had so many complicated feelings I couldn't understand.