With preference came point of view; with point of view, personality; with personality, uniqueness; with uniqueness, grief.

Oh, that sound? I'm in the hot tub, reading a novel.

Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.

Every first draft is perfect, because all a first draft has to do is exist.

I suspected that there were things he knew that I had been waiting all my life to learn.

In many ways, being honest about 'Huckleberry Finn' goes right to the heart of whether we can be honest about our heritage and our identity as Americans.

Even if my marriage is falling apart and my children are unhappy, there is still a part of me that says, 'God, this is fascinating!'

Take naps. Often new ideas come together when you are half asleep, but you have to train yourself to remember them.

Candy is my fuel. Ice cream, too.

But what truly horsey girls discover in the end is that boyfriends, husbands, children, and careers are the substitute-for horses

In every society, the artists will be the ones who set themselves up as contrary to whatever the society expects.

Leaders know the great deal of productivity that comes out of a strong self-esteem. They help others to develop this esteem so that productivity can increase.

Beautiful trees sometimes bear bitter fruit.

The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we must rely in the acquisition of knowledge.

My hobbies are cooking and gardening, especially growing orchids. I love soccer, my husband and I support a British team called Chelsea, and I also enjoy tennis. We have 3 cats.

Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction.

Creation is the great redemption from suffering and all life's growing light. But the creator must be suffering if needed and accept much change.

Lawyers are like beavers: They get in the mainstream and damn it up.

Life involves passions, faiths, doubts, and courage.

You can't take life too seriously. You just have to laugh your way through it.

My grandparents came worked hard, and I believe they never regretted their decision to come here and make a new start.