You have to get busy with taking consistent actions instead of always living in fears and doubting your abilities. There is absolutely nothing less about you, so why dare to settle for less?

In order to do anything about the suffering of the world we must have the strength to face it without turning away.

We tend to be more environmental at home than at work, regardless of the industry we're in.

Why are the architects of the family-values agenda so eager to punish into the next generation? What is being served by seeking, quite literally, a tooth for a tooth?

There is much that women can bring into politics that would make our world a kinder, gentler place for humanity to thrive in.

I have to feel the audience. I enjoy that feeling of community.

I think people take me as seriously as I want them to. They take me as seriously as I take myself - let's put it that way.

Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide, and slavery - have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience.

We cannot employ the mind to advantage when we are filled with excessive food and drink.

The past has to be seen to be dead; or the past will kill.

Sometimes art seems to be something very sublime, and, as you say, something sacred.