Parents should be able to develop goals about the type of parents they want to be.

I can’t even take a stroll through a park. As soon as women see my face they start gathering up their children and running for home.

One of the most important goals to have may well be the goal to create the life you want without preventing other people from creating the life they want.

Spending time with the child or adolescent in mutually enjoyable activities on a regular basis will help to build warmth and trust.

Seeking the counsel of trusted and respected health professionals can also be helpful in providing parents with some balance for their concerns as well as other avenues of support.

One of the premises of parenting might be that the job of parents is to teach their kids to get along without them.

People need to feel safe to talk without their ideas being criticized, judged, demeaned, or mocked.

Sometimes offering support and making yourself available when the child or adolescent is ready to talk can be the most helpful you can be.

There is no one best way for parents to become the parents they want to be just as there is no one best way for a child to grow into a contented and contributing member of society.

I consider parenting skills, those skills that help children: (1) develop clear and important goals; and (2) figure out flexible and persistent ways of achieving their goals.

Somewhat paradoxically, parenting programs should focus on the behavior of the parents not the behavior of the children.

Suppress anger and the world will be good for you, suppress more anger and the world will be better with you. Suppress all your anger and then you will not be okay with this world.

I decided it is better to scream. Silence is the real crime against humanity.

She soothed and solaced and celebrated destroying her gift by maiming it to suit her hearers.

It is so easy to exist instead of live.

We have abolished the death penalty for humans, so why should it continue for animals?

Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an effect on the rest of it.

I started Botox the first year it came out. I was the first one in line, and I have had Botox every six months since then.

I've never been to jail. I've never been arrested. I've never been locked up.

Weird like Murdock, thinkin' like Hannibal, Man like Face but I'm wild like B.A.

When I do a still picture, I'm doing it all by myself with no help. I'm designing everything. I am my own art director. I'm doing everything. I'm directing, editing, whatever.