After all my probing into the human brain, I should still be aware of mysteries and come up with them myself.

I don't like the term mid-life crisis.

The notion of a contemporary epiphany to me is very exciting, because it's a sort of biblical thing. It's something that has happened to people in other centuries or in the context of religious experience.

It is one thing to go on stage and be funny or be in a good place in your career, but for a woman, actually facing the elements in a physical way is a very powerful thing.

Love is an obsession. It has that quality to it. But there are healthy obsessions, and mine is one of them.

So many people suffer from abuse, and suffer alone.

There is a probably natural and learned reticence with myself talking about my early life.

When I came off the boat I was very proud of the thick calluses which had developed on my feet. But now, I am struggling to get into my favourite high heels which is a shame, as I have so many.

Perfect objectivity is always impossible, no matter who writes a person's biography.

There's been a number of erroneous biographies, articles and so on written about Billy and we both thought it would be a good idea to produce a true one.

There was a special challenge in describing the awful childhood of a person who happens to be my own husband. It was very painful at times, for both of us.

I don't think I'm generous enough to be the straight guy. I sort of make my own way and make my own statement. Do I mind pushing myself forward? Not at all.

There seems to be this impression that if I really am a psychotherapist, I can't be serious about it. They think there must be something fishy going on.

I grew up in the suburbs of Sydney, an arid kind of place, but every day I took the ferry across the harbour to get to school. I'd watch the ships coming in and going out.

There may be a point where I may decide to write an autobiography.

I've really written my books for my husband and our family. They've brought us closer together by allowing us to discuss things that were unspoken for so long.

After all my probing into the human brain, I should still be aware of mysteries and come up with them myself.

We have a couple of dogs, but I wouldn't describe myself as an animal person.

The work of a psychotherapist involves being empathic and insightful with one's patients without getting too lost in their painful stories to be helpful.

Suffering from dysentery at sea was no picnic.

I loved my life, but my choices were overloading and overwhelming me. Listening to inner feelings and fulfilling some of these urges when they come along is incredibly important.

Most people who went about saying a ghost had poked them with a brolly would be locked up somewhere.

Being a psychologist did enable me to maintain objectivity.

Sexual dreams aren't usually about sex.

So many people suffer from abuse and suffer alone.

At the end of the day, I only trust my family.

Everything that I have is natural - braid, nails - I practically never use cosmetics. They often ask me in the provinces about my braid.

Suffering does not necessarily ennoble you.

Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying.

Anytime you suffer a setback or disappointment, put your head down and plow ahead.

We may seem great in an employment below our worth, but we very often look little in one that is too big for us.

Getting to shake hands, pose for pictures, sign books, and interact with people who listen to our radio shows is a blast.

I believe the 'Jeopardy!' test is more difficult than being a contestant on the program.

I'm just a Chicago actor who's a playwright. Even with the success of 'August,' the people in town who come to our theater know me by sight, because they've seen me onstage so much.

Panic implies that there is no rational thought taking place. That we are frozen and incapable of adjusting. Powerless to logic, and subject to seemingly unthinkable behavior.

If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.

Ai Weiwei, who is both a widely admired conceptual artist and a fearless human-rights activist, has been on the bad side of the Chinese government for years.

Napster works because people who love music share and participate.

NPR fired me for telling the truth. The truth is that I worry when I am getting on an airplane and see people dressed in garb that identifies them first and foremost as Muslims. This is not a bigoted statement. It is a statement of my feelings, my fears after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 by radical Muslims.

I know how critical it is to make sure that people with pre-existing conditions have affordable insurance, and states are able to do that.

It is a crime against the State to be powerful enough to commit one.

A Sagittarius hardly holds grudges. If you ask one about it, he or she will tell you it's old news. They've already moved on.

I'm kind of sarcastic. Not cynical but sarcastic.

I'm really interested in the difference between selfishness and generosity. It confuses me to no end because sometimes it all just feels like pure indulgence on my part.

There is hope if people will begin to awaken that spiritual part of themselves that heartfelt knowledge that we are caretakers of this planet.

You must dare to disassociate yourself from those who would delay your journey... Leave depart if not physically then mentally. Go your own way quietly undramatically and venture toward Trueness at last.

He who blushes is already guilty.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

Starting a company, your success is going to be very dependent on how you adapt. You're going to make decisions, you're going to make bets; most of them are going to turn out to be wrong.