The process of divorce is about loading that blanket, throwing it up, watching it all spin, and worrying what stuff will break when it lands.

President Bush on Monday defended U.S. interrogation of terrorists, saying 'We do not torture.' He added, 'We freedom electrocute.'

Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.

I believe great people do things before they are ready.

A person's tragedy does not make up their entire life. A story carves deep grooves into our brains each time we tell it. But we aren't one story. We can change our stories. We can write our own.

If you can speak about what you care about to a person you disagree with without denigrating them or insulting them, then you may actually be heard.

I want girls to feel that they can be sassy and full and weird and geeky and smart and independent, and not so withered and shriveled. (The American Apparel ads) I'm over this weird, exhausted girl. I'm over the girl that's tired and freezing and hungry. I like bossy girls. I like people filled with life. I'm over this weird media thing with all this, like, hollow-eyed, empty, party crap.