memory is so selective; wishful thinking presses it into service all the time.

If you do nothing unexpected, nothing unexpected happens.

Nothing happens, and nothing happens, and then everything happens.

There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.

Only one thing registers on the subconscious mind: repetitive application - practice. What you practice is what you manifest.

I didn't even know I was a feminist until I read it on the back of one of my own books.

The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting through to the outside world.

Fiction stretches our sensibilities and our understanding, as mere information never can.

Marriage is a very difficult relationship for nearly everyone and I'm sure you shouldn't do it if you want a quiet little easy life.

guilt to motherhood is like grapes to wine

She could see that to lose a sibling was hard: it could only seem unnatural:out of time, out of order, a vicious re-run of your own departure into nothingness.

Sometimes all the players get a bad hand. You just have to be determined enough to see the game through.

Behind the story I tell is the one I don't...Behind the story you hear is the one I wish I could make you hear.

A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.

Someone had to change the world. And obviously I was the one for the job.

If all men are born free, why is it that all women are born slaves?

In time of revolution, with perseverance and courage, a soldier should think nothing impossible.

The people who are always hankering loudest for some golden yesteryear usually drive new cars.

We crave permission openly to become our secret selves.

I'm telling you, it's so exciting playing out there because I'm playing well, you have the crowd behind you, and it's such a good feeling. I'm really having a good time out there.

Miles Davis is a major influence of mine in terms of the way that I am as a bandleader.