Stay and respond and expand and include and allow and forgive and enjoy and evolve and discern and inquire and accept and admit and divulge and open and reach out and speak up, this is utopia.

I see the whole concept of Generation X implies that everyone has lost hope.

Running has made being depressed impossible. If I'm going through something emotional and just go outside for a run, you can rest assured I'll come back with clarity.

Music helps you find the truths you must bring into the rest of your life.

I breastfeed and I'll be breastfeeding until my son is finished and he weans.

When pain brings you down, don't be silly, don't close your eyes and cry, you just might be in the best position to see the sun shine.

I found that the more truthful and vulnerable I was, the more empowering it was for me.

the truth of who we are is innate goodness, and the whole journey is really about removing any obstacle or false belief that keeps us from knowing that

We're taught to be ashamed of confusion, anger, fear and sadness, and to me they're of equal value to happiness, excitement and inspiration.

I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament.

I'm a leave-the-bathroom-door-open nudist, which is sometimes disconcerting for my friends.

What can a man do for a woman while she live her life? You can only show her that you love her.

We must be willing to say what the Bible says.

At the state dinner for Chinese President Hu Jintao, Hu opened a fortune cookie that said, 'You will lend us another trillion dollars.'

We must work toward the elimination of all nuclear weapons, and an end to policies which cause this country to move toward the weaponization of space.

David Wong is like a mash-up of Douglas Adams and Stephen King . . . ‘page-turner’ is an understatement.

The lost wallet or purse law: No matter how careful you are, assume that you will lose a few. ... Keep grief to a minimum. It's bad enough your stuff is gone; don't lose your mind too.

For me, drawing is everything, because it informs everything. It even informs my poetry. It's the way I begin everything.

When you're born in fire, smoke will never do.

My best piece of advice is to do something you're passionate about. If you do - you'll do it well - and the money follows.

According to the yoga tradition, fear is the source of disease, decay - physical harm, when we're not thriving. And then finally, it's even the cause of death.