I believe people have different ways of approaching the Word. For me, it's metaphor, written by people a long time after Christ died and interpreted by specific groups. I read the gospels that aren't included in the Bible. These make me feel good about calling myself a Christian.

A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring.

Namby-pamby little routines that don't speed up your heartbeat and make you sweat aren't worth your while.

If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them.

Almost 100 years after women secured the right to vote in 1920 through the 19th Amendment, we still do not have equal rights under the Constitution. My question for the GOP candidates: Do you support the Equal Rights Amendment?

What's totally terrifying is that, unlike a musician who has a musical instrument, or a painter that's got a canvas and a brush, acting is us. Our energy, our soul, our spirits. And it's so hard because it's so vul­nerable. You're exposing everything.

The capacity of young people to persevere, even under the most adverse conditions, never ceases to amaze me.