The liars among us will know that every lie must contain a certain amount of truth if it's to be convincing. A dash of truth is often enough, but it's indispensable, like the olive in the martini.

Find an enemy for life and you've no more need of a doctor.

Never be afraid to tell me anything, ” he whispered against her hair. “No matter how ashamed you might feel. I’ll never judge you, Rachel. I love you.

Education leads to enlightenment. Enlightenment opens the way to empathy. Empathy foreshadows reform.

You get a medal for being tough.

I called the desert into a storm.

The human condition: lost in thought.

Dogma is a lie reiterated and authoritatively injected into the mind of one or more persons who believe that they believe what someone else believes.

Rest assured, as long as I am alive any book purporting to be with my cooperation is a falsehood.

I don't remember sitting down and saying, 'This is why I want to be--an actress.' I just knew. It was never a conscious decision or a revelation.

Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience, the poet, like an acrobat, climbs on rhyme to a high wire of his own making.

The woman wears a floral print blouse with lots of leaves and pink flowers. Risa would like to attack her with a weed whacker.