Our own sorrows seem heavy enough, even when lifted by certain long-term joys. But watching others hurt is the breaker of most any heart.

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

Experience is more important than knowledge.

I could hear my heart beating. I could hear everyone's heart. I could hear the human noise we sat there making, not one of us moving, not even when the room went dark.

I think about pressing myself against him, but I can't, because all our secrets would keep a space between us.

I know a lot of people think it's monotonous down the black lines over and over but it's not if you're enjoying what you're doing. I love to swim and I love to train.

I've become friends with Michael Mann and Oliver Stone; I've seen those guys work and that was great to see.

If a brutal scene is shown for no reason except to shock, then it is bad.

One thing you really have to watch as a writer is getting on a soapbox or pulpit about anything. You don't want to alienate readers.

Give yourself some credit for the work you put in with your own two hands. But remember to never forget the people and things that have helped you along the way.

Dominican men are told to look at women all the time, but they're definitely not told to see them.

some choices you make with your heart some with your head but when in doubt choose head over heart.... it will keep you alive. -merry gentry