The easiest thing is to say no. What's not so easy is telling yourself to stop.

Within walking distance of any spot on Earth there's probably more than enough mystery to investigate in a lifetime.

Witnessing the pain of others is the very least you can do in this world. Its how you know that when your own turn comes, someone will be there with you.

Sexism goes so deep that at first it's hard to see; you think it's just reality.

Fiction is ideally suited to re-creating the important emotional aspects of history.

There is still nothing like equality for women in jobs, in family. There's just an awareness that inequality is not acceptable.

My mirror image always had to be interpreted. And for that I sought my reflection in someone else's eyes.

Being alone for a woman is probably much more scary than for a man. I'm all for getting over our fears by facing them head-on.

Everything is connected. There is no such thing as an island, especially in our world, global village, the whole thing. Pollution from way across the ocean circulates in the air.

Many people spend the ends of their lives alone, and probably a lot of years in the middle of their lives, and I'm glad I had the opportunity to experience the rewards of solitude.

Usually, ordinary histories don't get the emotional feel of a period. That's what a novel can do.

What happens in you is more important than what happens to you.

...American psychology effectively guaranteed its place as a cultural icon by helping to create the pathologies it simultaneously promised to treat. (p. 37)

You have to discovery many things by yourself.

I tend to stay up late, not because I'm partying but because it's the only time of the day when I'm alone and don't have to be performing.

I let the other guys handle the talking. I love playing.

I mean, I eat really healthily.

It's amazing how harmless the world can sometimes seem.

I waive the quantum o' the sin, The hazard of concealing; But, och! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling!

If we did not have such a thing as an airplane today, we would probably create an agency the size of NASA to build one.

If you defend, rebound and limit turnovers, you're going to put yourself in a position where you can win games