Strong women are absolutely unpredictable.

We're frightened of what makes us different.

To write something you have to risk making a fool of yourself.

You do have a story inside you; it lies articulate and waiting to be written behind your silence and your suffering.

The work of art must seize upon you$$$ wrap you up in itself$$$ carry you away. It is the means by which the artist conveys his passion; it is the current which he puts forth which sweeps you along in his passion.

There are no such things as limits to growth$$$ because there are no limits to the human capacity for intelligence$$$ imagination$$$ and wonder.

I've never been able to understand why a Republican contributor is a 'fat cat' and a Democratic contributor of the same amount of money is a 'public-spirited philanthropist'.

Of the four wars in my lifetime$$$ none came about because the U.S. was too strong.

Our natural$$$ inalienable rights are now considered to be a dispensation from government$$$ and freedom has never been so fragile$$$ so close to slipping from our grasp as it is at this moment.

Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.