Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

A very great Iliad... concerns the creation of a nation.

I don't know what 'famous' is, really.

I've got three sisters, five aunties, and my mom. It must have had an influence on me growing up.

Like all animals, human beings have always taken what they want from nature. But we are the rogue species. We are unique in our ability to use resources on a scale and at a speed that our fellow species can't.

I truly feel that being a woman, and particularly a mother, has had a large impact on my campaign.

Our real work is prayer. What good is the cold iron of our frantic little efforts unless first we heat it in the furnace of our prayer? Only heat will diffuse heat.

If something doesnt look right throw some glitter on it.

Meru was the most challenging climb of my life. Not once but twice.

Almost all the ideas we have about being a man or being a woman are so burdened with pain, anxiety, fear and self-doubt. For many of us, the confusion around this question is excruciating.

Although we must change the ways we protect our country, we must also guard against policies that appear attractive but offer little real protection and may even impede our ability to protect ourselves.

A museum should not just be a place for fancy paintings but should be a place where we can communicate our lives through our everyday objects.

There's so much cynicism around in Britain, especially in the press. The American press might be naive, but at least you feel as if they're on your side.

Will it, and set to work briskly.

I've always been a clown trapped in a leading man's body.

I didn't really blossom until my mid teens, and by that time I had to work on my personality to make people like me. I found it easy to make people laugh and I was always pretty popular.

The task of understanding the past is neverending.

I've always published a range of responses to my work in the letters section of my comic book.

We were taking some photos one day in front of one of these old antebellum homes, and one of us said the word. And we all kind of stopped and said, 'That could be a name!' ... It just feels kind of country and nostalgic.

Literature is the denunciation of the times in which one lives.

If I'm going to work for twelve hours a day, I want twelve hours of awesomeness!

It is important to have permanent safe spaces in Harlem.

It's tough to lose every day.

I've got a 12-year-old grandson who, when he was 3 years old, before he could say many other words, could name the different kinds of dinosaurs.

If prices drop, we have to protect farmers from distress; if prices rise, we should be ready to pay market rates.