When inspiration does not come, I go for a walk, go to the movie, talk to a friend, let go... The muse is bound to return again, especially if I turn my back!

I may like the Blizzard best, of all the songs I have written

The powerful men in my life have always believed in me: my husband, my son

Experience is how life catches up with us and teaches us to love and forgive each other.

I look in the mirror through the eyes of the child that was me.

Irish Alzheimer's: you forget everything except the grudges

Do what you love, and you will find the way to get it out to the world.

Recovering from the suicide of a loved one, you need all the help you can get.

I was raised to speak out about politics and the world around me. I would do it whether I was in the public or not. It is the way I was taught. The American way

It is true that I have had heartache and tragedy in my life. These are things none of us avoids. Suffering is the price of being alive.

... even the devil works for God.

Female friendships that work are relationships in which women help each other belong to themselves.

When I made my Broadway debut, I was still cleaning houses, something I'd done since I went out on my own at 15.

The Atomic Age is here to stay - but are we?

Betting against gold is the same as betting on governments. He who bets on governments and government money bets against 6,000 years of recorded human history.

A career is a progression of ups and downs, how you deal with them and how you bounce back.

Oftentimes I deliberately put ambiguity into my books so that... the reader is left with an echo of: 'How much of this was from me?'

My goal is: I'm not trying to be snobby, but my clothes are not for everyone, not for every Hollywood celebrity. There is a designer for everyone, and a celebrity for every designer.

When I was in baseball and you went into the clubhouse, you didn't see ball players with curling irons.

I feel akin to the Platypus. An orphan in a family. A swimmer, a recluse. Part bird, part fish, part lizard.

Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man.