"I can't think of anything to write about except families. They are a metaphor for every other part of society."

"It's so much easier to write a resume than to craft a spirit."

"Or what about the statue in California currently said to be crying bloody tears? Why worry about the alleged weeping of a plaster effigy when so many actual human beings have reason to cry?"

"But never fear, gentlemen; castration was really not the point of feminism, and we women are too busy eviscerating one another to take you on."

"Think of life as a terminal illness, because, if you do, you will live it with joy and passion, as it ought to be lived."

"I came to the realization that there were certain public issues that were most usefully dealt with within some sort of framework of at least my private beliefs, if not my private life."

"Having been here before and lost, to be here and win, I've got to tell you, winning is really a lot better than losing. Really a lot better."

"To freely bloom - that is my definition of success."

"I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite."

"The person who makes a success of living is the one who see his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication."

"Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem."

"The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration."