To show a longing for anything that one cannot have, for instance, is not a clever position.

You are here and you are allowed to be here and therefore you are allowed to make decisions about yourself and the people in your life; rather than sort of backing up and making sure it's okay with everybody at every turn.

There is hardly a more gracious gift that we can offer somebody than to accept them fully, to love them almost despite themselves.

I think how badly things can go wrong in our judicial system. All it took was one person saying that this was a deliberately set fire, and then a whole chain of information became malevolent.Criminal past - that worked all in their favor to create this "monster" - and they even used the word "monster." It's like, let's ensure that the public thinks he's an evil individual.

I never promised the universe that I would write brilliantly; I only promised the universe that I would write.

I am burdened with what the Buddhists call the 'monkey mind' -- the thoughts that swing from limb to limb, stopping only to scratch themselves, spit and howl.

Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You must fight for it, strive for it, and insist upon it.