That was the kind of life she’d had as a child, and it was the kind she wanted as an adult. But it hadn’t worked out that way. Things in life seldomdid, she’d come to understand

If it’s over, then don’t let the past screw up the rest of your life.

That's good. And speaking of spelling, tell me -- do you wrap your head in a towel after you shower?

A photograph is a kind of time machine.

Failure doesn't mean you are a failure it just means you haven't succeeded yet.

I'm starting a new chapter in my [[life], and you have no idea how much that means.

Not even Sen. [Joseph] McCarthy was able to repress ideas he opposed as effectively as Harvard's hiring committees have suppressed the conservative viewpoints they despise and fear.

You can analyze a glass of water and you're left with a lot of chemical components, but nothing you can drink.

I have found that each of my books has developed out of something I have written in a previous book. Some thought evidently unfinished.

We are in a social and political context in which the norm is to punish poor folks of color rather than to educate and empower them with economic opportunity.

Television, I'm afraid, has isolated us more than race, class, or ethnicity.

I think the worst that can happen in filmmaking is if you're working with a storyboard. That kills all intuition, all fantasy, all creativity.

When the Okies left Oklahoma and moved to California, they raised the average intelligence level in both states.