What inspires me may not inspire someone else.

I guess what inspires me is when I am watching somebody else do something that really has an impact on me. That inspires me to want to do that in return.

I appreciate short, perfect pop songs.

To be content is to live without your wants.

They (religions) dread the advance of science as witches do the approach of daylight and scowl on the fatal harbinger announcing the subversions of the duperies on which they live.

Even to me the issue of "stay small, sweet, quiet, and modest" sounds like an outdated problem, but the truth is that women still run into those demands whenever we find and use our voices.

Talking to God should be part of every aspect of life, in times of peace as well as in every battle.

You don't say, like the Bush crowd, 'I got this guy over here and I don't like him and I'm gonna get him, whether you back me or not.'

My parents are Italian and British. They live in Berkeley now - we all moved there four years ago.

What least makes a mother is biology.

In His tender mercies, God has an incredible capacity to love the unlovely.

It was the first time I'd ever said the words to another person, and the sound of them broke open my heart.

There is a value in taking a stand whether or not anybody may be noticing it, and whether or not it is a risky thing to do.