Mend the part of the world that is within your reach.

If you have never been called a defiant, incorrigible, impossible woman… have faith. There is yet time.

To be ourselves causes us to be exiled by many others, and yet to comply with what others want causes us to be exiled from ourselves.

Within every woman there is a wild and natural creature, a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing.

All that you are seeking is also seeking you. If you lie still, sit still, it will find you. It has been waiting for you a long time.

When a great ship is in harbor and moored, it is safe, there can be no doubt. But that is not what great ships are built for.

I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you, and that you will work them, water them with your blood and tears and you laughter till they bloom, till you yourself burst into bloom.

Do not lose heart. We were made for these times.....For years we have been learning, practicing, been in training for...and just waiting to meet on this exact plain of engagement.

A healthy woman is much like a wolf: robust, chock-full, strong life force, life-giving, territorially aware, inventive, loyal, roving.

Be proud of your scars. They have everything to do with your strength, and what you've endured. They're a treasure map to the deep self.

If you have yet to be called an incorrigable, defiant woman, don't worry, there is still time

Satanic blindness comes from the influence of human teachers who teach from head knowledge and not heart knowledge combined.

I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.

Sometimes words just don't get you there... don't let you say all the stuff from deep in your heart, stuff that no dictionary has a name for.

All the unhappiness of men arises from one single fact, that they cannot stay quietly in their own chamber.

Everyone thinks I must have been an ace in school. But I didn't work hard, I was lazy. I liked to be lazy. I thought laziness stimulated your imagination.

Being a good neighbor is an art which makes life richer.

Three years into the war, tens of thousands of American troops remain targets of a growing Iraqi insurgency.

I believe that you must be madly in love with cinema to create films. You also need a huge cinematic baggage.

Silence is so often applauded and those who speak out are often called tasteless.

When you have your passion, you never even think about other things. It's tunnel vision. You go until you get it.