Weeds grasp their own essence and express its truth.

Haiku is not a shriek, a howl, a sigh, or a yawn; rather, it is the deep breath of life.

Several ripe persimmons Left on the branches; Gray clouds come and go.

Completely dried up, They've become beans.

It seems to me that [Andy Cohen] can write these diaries forever.

While I don't think that Twitter is really an appropriate place for someone who seriously needs help, it shows the impact that we can have when we collectively come together to support someone.

Having members of the Bush administration actually sit down and discuss counter terrorism with the very countries that support terrorists is absurd.

The study of economics does not seem to require any specialised gifts of an unusually high order.

A growing and increasingly influential movement of philosophers, ethicists, law professors and activists are convinced that the great moral struggle of our time will be for the rights of animals.

In the second part of life you get rid of stuff you've accumulated.

One of my first office jobs was cleaning the windows on brown envelopes.

You are the key to happiness.

I will have one of the cleanest obits of any actress. I never did cheesecake like Ann Sheridan or Betty Grable. I just used my hair.