Listening is so basic that we take it for granted. Unfortunately, most of us think of ourselves as better listeners than we really are.

There's a big difference between showing interest and really taking interest.

Our lives are co-authored in dialogue.

She loved him. She loved Ryder Davis. She loved his stupid face and his dumb smile and his idiotic biceps.

Nobody wants to be a part of your story. Everybody wants you to elaborate on their fantasies.

If you limit your choice only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise.

Love is a slippery eel that bites like hell

That's what civilization sometimes did to threats, real or perceived. They walled them off. Us against them. Survival of the fittest. You die so I can live.

The corruption in Iraq has nothing to do with ideas - it has to do with the regime and institutional structures and power.

I think that's all just a bit of luck that I've gotten to do such different stuff. I don't know if it's a good thing to not do something, just 'cause it's too similar to what you've done.

That's healthy and good for us that there are people who are prepared to question what we are doing.

The border between good and evil is terribly fuzzy.

Our universe is a sea of energy - free, clean energy. It is all out there waiting for us to set sail upon it.