The feminist movement has not made it to the Gulf of Mexico. Never seen that movement.

Risking one's life can be strangely liberating. That's what the sea counsels me.

I am a mystic and am directed by an internal compass. I am not outer-directed.

Design in black and white. Add color for emphasis, when your design is complete.

I became a boat captain because I loved the water and had been on a boat since I was eight. I captained the boat by myself because I liked being alone.

Running a boat isn't that hard. Just takes doing. Most or all women I ever knew were discouraged from running boats, but it was too late with me.

The power behind words lies with the person.

If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.

I always wanted to have a career that would keep me at home in New York so I can work in the theater all the time and be involved in the creative process from the ground up.

The only thing government does better than killing is lying and covering things up.

It's funny; in this era of e-mail and voice mail and all those things that even I did not grow up with, a plain old paper letter takes on amazing intimacy.

Every day is one day closer to the dirt, so you got to go hard.

The longer they hang out, the deeper the history, the richer the life. If you use that as a template or as a way of realizing things, then I don't think you can go wrong.

Blessed are those who know what on earth they are here on earth to do and set themselves about the business of doing it.

The life of the mind is always more interesting than the real. The idea is often more interesting than the actual.

A judge can't have any preferred outcome in any particular case. The judge's only obligation - and it's a solemn obligation - is to the rule of law.