I naturally prefer the company of people who hold grudges, as long as they are not held against me.

In fact, not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.

One thing I know for sure about raising children is that every single day a kid needs discipline.... But also every single day a kid needs a break.

A hundred years from now? All new people.

You get your confidence and intuition back by trusting yourself, by being militantly on your own side. ... Don't look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance.

I was raised with no religious training or influence. Except the influence was to be a moral and ethical person at the secular level. And to be a peace marcher, an activist for civil rights, peace and justice.

And my fear of failure has been lifelong and deep. If you are what you do- and I think my parents may have accidentally given me this idea- and you do poorly, what then? It’s over; you’re wiped out. All those prophecies you heard in the dark have come true, and people can see the real you, see what a schmendrick you are, what a fraud.