We can only choose whether we will feel and not what we will feel.

You can know what's in your life when you know what's in your heart.

I think that critiquing the myths of our society and helping people find their way through them is a very important thing. It's a theme that goes through all of my work.

The deepest mystery comes not when we don't know somebody well, but when we do.

Good men and good women have fire in the belly. We are fierce. Don't mess with us if you're looking for someone who will always be 'nice' to you. Nice gets you a C+ in life. We don't always smile, talk in a soft voice, or engage in indiscriminate hugs. In the loving struggle between the sexes we thrust and parry.

You don't go through a deep personal transformation without some kind of dark night of the soul.

The best practice is to follow the advice posted on every railroad crossing: Stop. Look. Listen.