The poetry and the songs that you are suppose to write, I believe are in your heart. You just have to open up your heart and not be afraid to get them out.

I may like the Blizzard best, of all the songs I have written

The powerful men in my life have always believed in me: my husband, my son

Experience is how life catches up with us and teaches us to love and forgive each other.

I look in the mirror through the eyes of the child that was me.

Irish Alzheimer's: you forget everything except the grudges

Do what you love, and you will find the way to get it out to the world.

When inspiration does not come, I go for a walk, go to the movie, talk to a friend, let go... The muse is bound to return again, especially if I turn my back!

Recovering from the suicide of a loved one, you need all the help you can get.

I was raised to speak out about politics and the world around me. I would do it whether I was in the public or not. It is the way I was taught. The American way

It is true that I have had heartache and tragedy in my life. These are things none of us avoids. Suffering is the price of being alive.

because it seemed too simple to accept that life was an act of faith.

Lincoln told a family friend that his father taught him to work, but never learned him to love it.

Your strength is beyond your own imagination.

For indeed all that we think so new to-day has been acted over and over again, a shifting comedy, by the women of every century.

Word-carpentry is like any other kind of carpentry: you must join your sentences smoothly.

Telling us what to think has evolved into telling us what to say, so telling us what to do can't be far behind.

A bad conscience is easier to cope with than a bad reputation.

The glory of 70mm is the sharpness of the image it offers.

Everybody shall be accepted no matter what they stand for, you are not always going to agree on their faith.

The thought you have now shapes your experience of the next moment. Practice shaping the moment.