Saying that men talk about baseball in order to avoid talking about their feelings is the same as saying that women talk about their feelings in order to avoid talking about baseball.

For most women, the language of conversation is primarily a language of rapport: a way of establishing connections and negotiating relationships.

The biggest mistake is believing there is one right way to listen, to talk, to have a conversation - or a relationship.

Part of the reason images of women in positions of authority are marked by their gender is that the very notion of authority is associated with maleness.

Male-female conversation is cross-cultural communication

Many men honestly do not know what women want, and women honestly do not know why men find what they want so hard to comprehend and deliver.

We tend to look through language and not realize how much power language has

Cooperation isn't the absence of conflict but a means of managing conflict.

The desire for freedom and independence becomes more of an issue for many men in relationships, whereas interdependence and connection become more of an issue for many women.

More men feel comfortable doing "public speaking," while more women feel comfortable doing "private" speaking.

We all know we are unique individuals, but we tend to see others as representatives of groups.

It was the calm before the storm, and holy crap, my bones knew it was going to be the storm of my life.

All forms of violence, especially war, are totally unacceptable as means to settle disputes between and among nations, groups and persons.

Almost any decision is better than no decision -- just keep moving.

Life never gives us what we want at the moment that we consider appropriate.

We bring nothing to God, and He gives us everything.

But every once in a while, from out of the blue, someone reaches the quiet place where you spend your private time and changes the way you see yourself

Conscience is wiser than science.

In The Greens Are Gone, I play a character that's bipolar, so that was a big step and quite a challenge.

Better it were not to live than to live a coward.