One person gets to decide if something is a problem in a relationship.

Unsolicited advice is always self-serving.

People don't change when they don't acknowledge their actions.

Climb aboard life's elevator, hit the "up" button, and see where it takes you.

Sometimes the way through someone's tough outer shell is to do something obvious, thoughtful and sweet.

This is a tough situation. But it is what it is, and time has an amazing way of knitting together solutions as long as everybody stays calm and resolves to be as gentle and patient as possible.

Bullies never want to acknowledge their own actions. They want to move through life without reflection or apology.

Ask 10 people about their family relationships and at least five of them will report an estrangement.

When you are criticizing someone, you should speak only to your own experience - not others'.

Bullies often act out by marshaling aggression to cover up for insecurity.

When the choice is between a demanding relationship and a vintage pickup truck, I'll choose the truck every time.

The panic crawled throughout his limbs like a million tiny newborn spiders.

The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same. The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.

In education, parody is obsolete.

Simple things are always the most difficult.

Always think twice before asking anything of anyone that ends in the words, on your face.

One of the reasons I write about religion is due to my own envy of people who truly feel the presence of god in their lives, good souls who believe devoutly in a supreme being and an afterlife.

Ugliness corrupts not only the eyes, but also the heart and mind.

I wanted to, you know, get my story out in the world, which, it turns out, is a very misguided notion.

The whole reason for Jazz at the Philharmonic was to take it to places where I could break down segregation.

NBA games are exciting to watch and have global appeal. They are very popular in China. I do watch NBA games on television when I have time.