That's an amazing moment, the first time you hear yourself on radio. It's still thrilling.

At the end of the day, all you can hope for is to go on. The older I get, the more I realize that just keeping on keeping on is what life's all about.

I've always been an avid reader. If I don't have a book in the car, I'll stop and pick one up just to have something to read. I don't even remember learning to read.

Dreams were all they gave for free to ugly duckling girls like me.

Libraries are a hallmark of a civilized culture, and librarians represent that culture to all facets of society.

There will always be those people who are just backward and ignorant. There will always be those people. They need somebody to feel superior to.

It's neat to have finally reached a point where I can accept what I was and what I am.

I love seeing teachers outside of school. It's like seeing a dog walk on its hind legs.

The best thing you can learn from the worst times of your life is that it always gets better. It may take a month, a year, a decade, but it will get better if you leave yourself open to it.

I learned the truth at seventeen, That love was meant for beauty queens, And high school girls with clear skinned smiles, Who married young and then retired.

I think I grew up, stopped worrying about what people thought of me, and whether things were going to turn out OK. I'm concentrating on doing the best work I can do and letting it go at that.

The two-way street of Total Information Awareness is the road that leads to a more transparent and complete picture of ourselves, our governments, and our world.

We should not pray for God to be on our side, but pray that we may be on God’s side.

If OJ Simpson did not have a handgun, Nicole and Ron would still be alive today.

Imagination is essential and it comes first, for without imagination we are aimless.

Temptation likes best those who think they have a natural immunity, for it may laugh all the harder when they succumb.

... the irony of life is not that you cannot forget but that you can.

He would have scored a touchdown if he hadn't been tackled right there.

Who here wants to be a writer?' I asked. Everyone in the room raised his hand. 'Why the hell aren't you home writing?' I said, and left the stage.

I need to give affection and love, because without that, I wither. I need to give that love to someone. Without that, I'm rudderless.

We passed the Children's Bureau bill calculated to prevent children from being employed too early in factories.