The two most powerful things in existence: a kind word and a thoughtful gesture.

A lawsuit with no legal precedent, seeking no damages, from no jury, in the name of stopping something that isn't happening? Only in New York.

Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.

Women's golf definitely hit a bump in the road. We lost some tournaments due to a combination of things led by the downturn in the economy.

Just as surely as every new language mastered opens up a new world, so knowledge of a Beethoven, a Chopin, or a Schumann opens up a new world in spiritual beauty and thought.

One of my mission statements with all of my art has been to stop the world for people. I want to stop the worrying and stop the world.

There are very few of us, who reach my advanced age, who are still working in the business, as writers. As artists, people can hang out longer.

We go up to the high places not to see what is up there but to see how the lower places look from the top!

The balance between confidence and humility is best learned through extensive experience and mistakes.

Hawaii is absolutely beautiful.

What is an ending? There's no such thing. Death is the only ending.

The deity who stalked the deserts of the Middle East millennia ago-and who seems to have abandoned them to bloodshed in his name ever since-is no one to consult on questions of ethics.