A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town, not to dwell in constantly, but only for a night and away..

The late Rev. Peter Gomes at The Memorial Church at Harvard was a true mentor to me when I was in college. He instilled in me a commitment to service….

But what we all have to learn is that we can't do everything ourselves..

Imagine living in a country where the cops are all people who're cut out for the job..

I've always approached screenplays and so forth with, "How would it really happen?" Not "What's the movie version?" but "What's the real-life version….

Peace between countries must rest on the solid foundation of love between individuals..

I'm a perfectly equipped failure..

When you don't have certain senses your other senses become heightened..

It's always about the music, never about anything else..

How can I govern others, who can't even govern myself?.

People write me from all over the country, asking me, and sometimes even telling me, what they think a poet laureate should do. I found that immensel….

I was gung-ho, no question about that..

We pretend we have it all. We pretend we can have it all..

I'M NOT SHORT!!!!! ~Edward Elric.

My father asserted that there was no better place to bring up a family than in a rural environment.... There's something about getting up at 5 a.m., ….

Seeing a movie you're in is nothing like seeing a movie you're not in..

You is getting nosier than a parker..

Find out what works, and do more of that..

Science is not inherently good..

I'm so into momminess..

Complete control can be the death of a work..