Well, I have a lot of food references in my work.

For the most part, pianos are female to me. Sometimes they're dykes, and they're always good fun.

Women must understand that simply attacking or hating men is just another form of disempowerment. A woman has to realize that when she makes a man crawl it doesn't give her power.

Guys would sleep with a bicycle if it had the right color lip gloss on. They have no shame. They're like bull elks in a field.

Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.

Some of the most wonderful people are the ones who don't fit into boxes.

We are all fairies living underneath a leaf of a lily pad.

It's emotional blackmail to say if you're a good businesswoman and a musician, you're betraying your music.

People think I'm nuts because I can sit in a room and be happy by myself.

The sense of loss is such a tricky one, because we always feel like our worth is tied up into stuff that we have, not that our worth can grow with things we are willing to lose.

Some people hide more than others, and it does intrigue me.

You're much better off with a dogthan a dogma.

If I have nothing but life and books, I have everything.

I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious.

The most important thing as a leader is your relationship with God.

I'm so happy to be in a committed relationship.

Psychologically, you have to have confidence in yourself and this confidence should be based on fact.

Knowledge is recognizing what you know and what you don't.

Teach girls to read and to work at something where they can bring home money - and the entire balance of power shifts.

To a right-winger, unions are awful. Why do right-wingers hate unions? Because collective bargaining is the power that a worker has against the corporation. Right-wingers hate that.

Praying without ceasing is not ritualized, nor are there even words. It is a constant state of awareness of oneness with God.