I think America has always been polarized... It's a racist country and it has always been.

The infinite faith I have in people's ability to understand anything that makes sense has always been justified, finally, by their behavior.

It's essential that we understand that taking care of the planet will be done as we take care of ourselves. You know that you can't really make much of a difference in things until you change yourself.

My big complaint with myself is that I get tired. But, I forgive myself because it's human to get tired. But, I didn't always feel like I could forgive myself. There's a certain [drive], I think. But, now I feel like, "OK, you can be tired. People should let you be tired. Then you should go and take a nap, and you should sleep." That's about it.

Writing about people helps us to understand them, and understanding them helps us to accept them as part of ourselves.

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

The forest is the first cathedral. I felt that from the time I was a child. I credit my mother with that. I used to think it came from her Native-American side. Whichever it was, she instinctively connected with nature, and taught me that.