Stupid men, always thinking they're the ones who get to do the rescuing.

Don't mention your move before you make a move.

It's often your deepest pain that brings out the best of out of you

Being submissive is not being oppressed.

I read my own books sometimes to cheer me when it is hard to write and then I remember that it was always difficult and how nearly impossible it was sometimes.

Conduct is three-fourths of our life and its largest concern.

It's almost not safe to be an artist, the way everybody is randomly picking people to feud with.

Terrorists have failed in what is arguably al Qaida's most important objective - to trigger revolutions.

I think everybody has the right to a private life.

Music plays a big part in my life. I am a big music nerd.

I lived through crises. September 11 is obviously the biggest one that I've lived through.