You probably couldn't have found much daylight between the NRA and the Disney company. They probably would've had had identical demographics for the people who really loved those companies.

I get very close to people when I'm shooting them.

I've taken it from feminist friends, and I've taken it from lefty friends too. But that reassures me. If the right is attacking us and the left is attacking us, that's exactly where we want to be.

I worry that people will think that I have done what I've done just because I have access and resources. I hope people will know that I'm just as scared and lonely as anyone else!

I keep wondering if everybody on the political left had someone who they were separated at birth from.

When you worship an idol, you're substituting a thing for the ultimate.

You can't worship the image or the Crucifix itself. You have to worship God.

A society that feels life is the most precious thing [jars against] a society that prefers death over theft, over loss of pride, over inconvenience, and so much else.

She kissed him like he was a warrior

Her family was counting on her—to be responsible, to get good grades, to follow the rules, to be the good example. And more important, she expected those things of herself.

All old music was modern once, and much more of the music of yesterday already sounds more old-fashioned than works which were written three centuries ago.

A discipline I have observed is an attitude of love and reverence to people.

To love means not to impose your own powers on your fellow man but offer him your help. And if he refuses it, to be proud that he can do it on his own strength.

What makes me vulnerable is speaking up about topics that may be controversial to others.

I love when things bend out of shape. That's why I love drum and bass music.

Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.

I'm a history person; I love history. But I am conditioned by the present.

If you can find your footing between two cultures, sometimes you can have the best of both worlds.