There is a divinity awaiting entry into human history at the threshold of our heart's doors.

Daring to dream what is deepest in our collective longings is what makes us most human and fully alive.

An 'unintended pregnancy' could be a wonderful surprise, not planned but welcome. Why should the government be in the business of 'preventing' a surprising but welcome pregnancy

There is not only a lack of success for condoms. It's worse than that - they are utter failures.

You are what you think of yourself.

Space only becomes ordinary when the frontier is no longer being breached.

Evolution is an organizing principle and when we call it a theory, we mean it's a theory, we don't mean that it's a belief that someone holds.

There's more power in being Oprah Winfrey than in being Barack Obama.

I was very good at kickball ... I was wonderful at ah doing that kick and your leg goes up and your shoe went on top of the school

Jazz is the most fun you can have with your clothes on.

It is important not to force a character into something. Fiction writers can be too controlling - usually that's a terror of our own unconscious processes.

I have a long-term interest in the humanities.

Acting is not being emotional, but being able to fully express emotion.

Conservation is a great moral issue, for it involves the patriotic duty of insuring the safety and continuance of the nation.