It's not a question of doing the best thing for the environment - the best thing for the environment is for people to stop using vast amounts of energy.

Self-evidently, dangerous climate change will not emerge from a normal scientific process of truth seeking.

Just because the boat rocks doesn't mean it's time to jump overboard.

I love my wife, she deserves anything and everything.

For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel.

It's much easier to write a solemn book than a funny book. It's harder to make people laugh than it is to make them cry. People are always on the verge of tears.

My music, my whole approach to the synthesizer has completely changed now.

How lovely this world is, really: one simply has to look.

When I try to describe myself to God I say, 'Lord, remember me? Black? Female? Six-foot tall? The writer?' And I almost always get God's attention.

The problem most nonprofits have is that they are run by romantics who are great to hang out with, but they have no clue.

We are built for the valley, for the ordinary stuff we are in, and that is where we have to prove our mettle.

Golf is a very serious part of my life, but when you stop having fun at it, that's when it's time to hang it up.