Once upon a time we were just plain people. But that was before we began having relationships with mechanical systems. Get involved with a machine and sooner or later you are reduced to a factor.

Let's just say that global warming deniers are now on a par with Holocaust deniers.

I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people convinced they are about to change the world. I am more awed by those who struggle to make one small difference.

Most people do not consider dawn to be an attractive experience - unless they are still up.

Maybe this year, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives not looking for flaws, but looking for potential.

The central struggle of parenthood is to let our hopes for our children outweigh our fears.

I regard this novel as a work without redeeming social value, unless it can be recycled as a cardboard box.

What he labels sexual, she labels harassment.

Today, much of journalism and politics are in a kind of collusion to oversimplify and personalize issues. No room for ambivalence. Plenty of room for the personal attack.

Ultimately, time is all you have and the idea isn't to save it, but to savour it.

Our 'mistakes' become our crucial parts, sometimes our best parts, of the lives we have made.

Remember son many a good story has been ruined by over-verification.

Faith must trample under foot all reason, sense, and understanding.

I said, you know they refused Jesus, too. He said, you're not him.

My bladder cancer was related to smoking, and I think smoking kills people.

To be able to lead others, a man must be willing to go forward alone.

Choose To Be Inspired.

It took me some time to join the various streams of making music that was technically good and making music that made me feel good.

The key is being with the right people and making the right decisions.

It took me a while to accept that I'm not going to have the curves other girls get.