To write for PC reasons, because you think you ought to be dealing with this subject, is never going to yield anything that is really going to matter to anyone else. It has to matter to you.

There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.

I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding.

All of us have moments in our childhood where we come alive for the first time. And we go back to those moments and think, This is when I became myself.

A good poem is like a bouillon cube. It's concentrated and it nourishes you when you need it.

Courage has nothing to do with our determination to be great. It has to do with what we decide in that moment when we are called upon to be more.

Being true to yourself really means being true to all the complexities of the human spirit.

We should always do something that makes us feel like a child again. Keep learning, no matter what it is.

The library is an arena of possibility, opening both a window into the soul and a door onto the world.

I've always been intrigued by the way history works, the way we decide what is mentioned.

Sometimes a word is found so right it trembles at the slightest explanation.

We want to make good time, but for us now this is measured with the emphasis on "good" rather than on "time"....

The bond that attaches us to the life outside ourselves is the same bond that holds us to our own life.

The tendency to follow the path of least resistance guarantees failure in life.

Remember to practice a little every day -- that's crucial.

Time is the element that controls the consciousness, the very being of the people.

My kids remind me every day how much I don't know.

Get more women producers, writers, directors. Why should we expect men to do it for us? They can't

Iceland, I'm in love with that country, the people are incredible.

The challenge that climate change presents to us, both in Australia and around the world, won't be solved by ramping up the nuclear industry.

Every single house has had death visit.