...who I am to talk? I dream of rain.

From the time I could read, I found solace in my father's library...At the ages of ten and eleven and twelve I would have preferred to remain in the library...

Perhaps I was drawn to stories in which people found their true desires because I was a stranger to myself.

...never to rush something I was creating, but instead let it come into being as if it had a soul of it's own.

There is the outside of a story, and the inside of a story... One is the fruit and may be delicious, but the other is the seed.

But I was not a mouse. In the fields where I walked, I was much more interested in the actions of the hawks.

I knew what happened in fairy tales. The strong survived while the weak were eaten alive.

She understood love. What destroys you saves you, she had told me.

I only had access to him when we were together in the library, and I loved them both -the library and my father- equally and without question.

Although my father had never been there, I came to believe I would someday see that city for him.

Wipe those tears, as they have cleansed your soul.

When someone uses the power of their love, they feel strong, courageous, and enthusiastic.

I have no special desire to go crawl around in caves, but I really like the word [spelunking] and want to use it in conversation. I do a lot of things just to use words I like.

The beginning of men's rebellion against God was and is the lack of a thankful heart.

[On her UNICEF work:] I'm glad I've got a name, because I'm using it for what it's worth. ... I do not want to see mothers and fathers digging graves for their children.

There can be no progress-real, moral prgress-except in the individual and by the individual himself.

I'm someone who admires artists like Madonna and David Bowie, who really change their sound drastically between each record.

Young Michael Brown is still somewhat of a wild-child, with the ill behaviour, with the ill behaviour!!

The leader must be an actor.

There is no such thing as a former KGB man.