The shadow of my mother danced around the room to a tune that my own shadow sang.

There's something to be said about a slightly plump person—you have just enough of too much.

The inevitable is no less a shock just because it is inevitable.

Express everything you like. No word can hurt you. None. No idea can hurt you. Not being able to express an idea or word will hurt you more. Like a bullet.

I was given a dictionary when I was seven, and I read it because I had nothing else to read. I read it the way you read a book.

People don't make changes because things are wonderful.

I would be lost without the feeling of antagonism that people have towards me. I write out of defiance.

People only say I’m angry because I’m black and I’m a woman.

A great piece of literature encompasses all that is and all that will be.

...yet a memory cannot be trusted, for so much of the experience of the past is determined by the experience of the present.

I'm so used to being misunderstood.

If we are following Jesus--we will be fishers of men.If we are not fishers of men--we are not following Jesus

How confident we are in our faith is how victorious we will be

That's the beginning of magic. Let your imagination run and follow it.

My body needs laughter as much as it needs tears. Both are cleansers of stress.

Ive only dressed in drag three or four times.

I think humor is often a very powerful tool to be able to express ideas that are heavy.

The eternal problem of the human being is how to structure his waking hours

I am looking forward to a series of productive meetings in both Austria and Estonia, particularly what role organized crime plays in the Baltic drug trade.

Who is to say who is the villain and who is the hero? Probably the dictionary.

You cannot build a grass-roots campaign unless you are connecting with people.