Keep a journal, and don't assume that your work has to accomplish anything worthy: artists and peace-workers are in it for the long haul, and not to be judged by immediate results.

Between roars the lion purrs.

The words he said, too, must be human enough to bleed.

Effectiveness comes when the opinion of a person comes into agreement with God’s opinion.

Moderation is an ostentatious proof of our strength of character.

Money has never been my primary goal.

If he's - the inference is that somehow he thinks slavery is a - is a noble institution I would - I would strongly reject that assumption - that John Ashcroft is a openminded, inclusive person.

I never think that being a woman is so hard. Maybe don't think about your gender and be confident as you go forward rather than try to single yourself out as some underserved part of filmmaking.

When you become a parent, you finally appreciate and understand what your mother did.

I often wonder if I was destined to be a composer. I think I decided and I followed my star.

We live life in the marketplace and then we go off to the cave or to the meditation mat to replenish ourselves.

You know you knit too much when ... You will check out a book from the library just because you heard that one of the characters knits.