Loneliness is black coffee and late-night television; solitude is herb tea and soft music.

...no woman can love a weak man hard enough to make him strong.

Discomfort is always a necessary part of enlightenment.

...freedom can be a full-time job if you let it.

you can't know the meaning of the lesson until class is over!

When you're young, there's a whole lot of stuff you say you'll never do. Once you get a little older, the list tends to get shorter.

Feminism is to sexism what black nationalism is to racism; the most rational response to the problem.

the problem with knowing is that it takes away the possibility of pretending!

old habits are hard to break, but not impossible!

Vera Stark is a fabulous force of nature.

Putting words on paper regularly is part of the necessary discipline of writing. A journal is a great way to do that.

When someone says they love you, don’t believe it. Love is shown with actions and not words.

During times of need, it was always the people with the least to give who ended up sacrificing the most.

All kinds of celebrities, political ones as well, are increasingly being targeted. In this country, with all the countless guns.

It's so great as an actor to get the opportunity to do something that's incredibly truthful.

Here I found those who had set out before me, both by sea and land, except those who have died.

You never increase in anything you resent.

I've read everything Thomas Wolfe ever wrote; my brother and I memorized whole chapters of 'You Can't Go Home Again' and 'Look Homeward, Angel.'

Sadness isn't sadness. It's happiness in a black jacket. Tears are not tears. They're balls of laughter dipped in salt. Death is not death. It's life that's jumped off a tall cliff.

People and their managers are working so hard to be sure things are done right, that they have hardly have time to decide if they are doing the right things.

Greatness as a leader is measured in part by your willingness to accept daunting challenges. Achieving tough goals requires practicing the secret of commitment: Risk all to win all.