Men knew better than they realized, when they placed the abode of the gods beyond the reach of gravity.

After their encounter on the approach to Jupiter, there would aways be a secret bond between them---not of love, but of tenderness, which is often more enduring.

What was more, they had taken the first step toward genuine friendship. They had exchanged vulnerabilities.

Humor was the enemy of desire.

It must be wonderful to be seventeen, and to know everything.

When, while, while when you walk.

Here I am where I ought to be.

Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.

The women working at abortion clinics are really on the front lines and the true heroes of feminism.

I can see it, Ed, I leaned deeper into you, felt you nodding along with the sounds in the room, and your warmth signaled through to me from under your shirt, lovely strong, safe and right.

Genius is only the power of making continuous efforts.

You know, it's recently come into focus for me why I want to be an actor: It's because of the connection I feel to people.

The first writing I did was short short stories for a newspaper syndicate for which I was paid five dollars a piece on publication.

Those who gave the orders, oversaw the killings, and ordered the subsequent cover-up have yet to be arrested and prosecuted.

When you connect to a primal idea - life, death, hunger, hope, fear - any of those primal ideas are going to translate, and I think that's the thing that I've always been attracted to in my work.