But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.

One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them.

Chastity: the most unnatural of the sexual perversions.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

If you quit once it becomes a habit. Never quit!

Your soul doesn't care what you do for a living - and when your life is over, neither will you. Your soul cares only about what you are being while you are doing whatever you are doing.

Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.

I have always loved food. I began cooking for my family as a young girl, and to this day, it's one of my greatest pleasures in life.

Democrats must rally behind a low-rate, broad-based tax system that is fair, simple and efficient.

Life is not about "OR" - it is about "AND". It is magical and messy. It is heartwarming and heartbreaking. It is delight and disappointment. Grace and grief. Exquisite and excruciating, often at the exact same time.

Hollywood is a place where people from Iowa mistake each other for movie stars.

Stay hungry, stay foolish.