To come to a concert and hear a lot of songs from a female perspective should not make men say, 'Oh well, that's for women'.

When we make mistakes, say, I'm blessed that I have an opportunity to learn from this.

If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum.

Once women are not excluded, I don't think any of us will give a damn what pronouns are used. That wasn't the point.

Why do we kill people who are killing people to show that killing people is wrong?

Leaping away from my mistakes has propelled me forward. It has great force behind it. It makes for great storytelling.

To be always in a state of wonder is a kind of sensitivity that can sometimes be an extraordinary blessing and sometimes a real pain.

I am selfish. I reach for the world I want to live in. And I believe in leaving our best we can do to our children

Music can be used against us as much as it can be used for us. Muzak can put a whole nation to sleep, whereas a lullaby is intended to put a child to sleep in a sweet way.

You just keep feeding hogwash to people, and pretty soon they'll eat it.

You can't just leave out one part; the bread won't rise if the yeast isn't there.

You've got to pick your battles, Pen, but then fight to the death for the ones that matter.

The turnip cannot thrive in the tulips patch of soil.

I mean that repeated offences, even when they secure forgiveness, drive out love. And from that I came to say that one may compel obedience but never love.

Anything that ends is a dream. This whole universe is a dream.

All secrets sound the same in the dark.

It's always been my personal feeling that unless you are married, there is something that is not very dignified about talking about who you are dating.

Yes," answered Sara, nodding. "Adversity tries people, and mine has tried you and proved how nice you are.

You make money when you get visitors to go through the entrance at capacity.

GPS are everywhere. They are in cars. They were even in the half-tracks that, initially at least, were going to make the ground invasion in Kosovo possible.

I am the beast at the end of the rope.