Listening to what people in other countries are saying and trying to understand how they perceive their place in the world is essential to a future of peace and security at home and abroad.

Don't let anybody tell you it's corporations and businesses that create jobs.

The American people are tired of liars and people who pretend to be something they're not.

In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And that must change.

Islam is the fastest-growing religion in America, a guide and pillar of stability for many of our people.

You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion.

There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard. There cannot be true democracy unless women are given the opportunity to take responsibility for their own lives.

I really do hope that we have a woman president in my lifetime.

We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society.

Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights. Let us not forget that among those rights are the right to speak freely - and the right to be heard.

I have to confess that it's crossed my mind that you could not be a Republican and a Christian.

I read, write and create. I must lose myself in work, so that there is no space for the other/anything else.

It is time to stop standing at the edges of rooms. Hugging the walls. Living in my head. Wishing I had something to say.

But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting in the dentist's chair.

If Christianity is only one more bit of good advice, then Christianity is of no importance.

So many of the loveliest things in England are melancholy.

Women are part of the reason for washing and keeping clean, aren't they?

I think suspense is a big thing.

But does not happiness come from the soul within?

I'm always interested in telling stories that have a message because I really do believe that film is so powerful.

If we live in peace ourselves, we in turn may bring peace to others. A peaceable man does more good than a learned one.