Change isn't easy, it takes time.

I have come to believe, more strongly than ever, that after people die they really do live on through those who love them.

My mother ... had a very deep inner spirituality that allowed her to rebuild her life. It's extraordinary that she had such a strong sense of self and such a commitment to the future and such a strong creative sense that she could build new worlds for herself and for us out of the total devastation in her life.

When you make the right decision, it doesn't really matter what anyone else thinks.

In those rare moments, when such a person comes along, we need to put aside our plans and reach for what we know is possible.

I don't remember my father reading to me, but I remember him telling me bedtime stories. I got to pick what was in them, and then he'd make them up.

In my family in particular, I think, there was a sense we have to work twice as hard.