There is nothing worse than doing nothing and saying nothing when your voice is needed.

Step out of the space you're in. Use fear to grow. We can change lives, starting with our own.

If you can tell a story well, you can move people to do something.

Stories are more than compelling facts. People remember stories more than they remember statistics.

Always zig when people expect you to zag. Confound them!

My advice to young women who are looking to be successful; make sure you're passionate about whatever it is that you're doing. And make sure you're fulfilled by the opportunities within your job.

One thing that's certain: around the corner from every ugly thing, there's something really beautiful. If we stop at every bitter interaction; we'll never reach our destination.

One thing we can do really well for our students is to help them figure out their identity.

Is the capacity for cruelty inherent in all of us?

It is a sad day for our country when the moral foundation of our law and the acknowledgment of God has to be hidden from public view to appease a federal judge.

It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks about what's "too much" what's "enough" or if you're telling the "right" stories, just do good work.

I loved them too and while you might lay a greater claim to them, I defy you to miss your wife any more than I’ll miss my best friend or your child, who was every inch a son to me.

We cannot change outcomes, but we can change causes

The world will step aside for nearly anyone who has the courage of his of her opinions.

The look of being too deliberately dressed, with everything cautiously matching, always bores me.

Any change in attitude changes the way one sees the world, and this in turn changes the way one acts.

Life has more imagination than we do.

The thing at the moment is Adele. She is a little too fat, but she has a beautiful face and a divine voice.

I used to love writing in my journal.

Sometimes it is necessary to be lonely in order to prove that you are right.