Nature has a way of deadening us to traumatic events, until we're ready to deal with it. And once you do, it's a volcanic reaction.

I've always been very outspoken and a supporter of the underdog, because I'm one as well. I

San Francisco is poetry. Even the hills rhyme.

I've been poor and neglected, in the middle and cherished, then rich and miserable and back to the middle and now happy. I've lived it all.

Thanks to my son, I've learned to laugh at myself. Laughter has been my saving grace.

Everyone brings their own perceptions when reading a book about a real person. At the end they will take away whatever they wish.

It's just as important to be around people that influence stable mental health as it is working towards it.

Illustrations can be a big window: a looking glass into the author's imagination.

We have heeded no wisdom offering guidance. Only by learning to love one another can our world be saved. Only love can conquer all.

I think Hollywood has seen what fandom can do for a project. You can definitely see that when you go to Comic-con.

Girls need to be strong and know how to stand up for themselves. Definitely having friends is a big part of it, so that they can help you through that, and a strong family.

I had always loved to write and my mom was my editor for my school papers.

'Zero Dark Thirty' is a disturbing, fantastically-made movie. It will make you hate torture.

My life's work has been accomplished. I did all that I could.

Electric power is everywhere present in unlimited quantities and can drive the world's machinery without the need of coal, oil, gas, or any other of the common fuels.

That affable familiar ghost Which nightly gulls him with intelligence.