My characters aren't chess pieces. I don't move them around some big board. I actually care about these fictitious people.
My faith has been the driving thing of my life. I think it is important that people who are perceived as liberals not be afraid of talking about moral and community values.
The work of artists is to find what's humanly possible - possibility's furthest reaches.
After Katrina, no one was the same. People, relatives, they were dying one after another.
The need for connection and community is primal, as fundamental as the need for air, water, and food.
I was told by my father nine times a day that you were going to get a job the minute you finish your studies.
Everyone feels sad occasionally. A full range of emotions is part of what makes us human.
The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.
As an MP, my first duty is to act in the national interest, regardless of party affiliation.
As a defender, how much ground I cover isn't up to me. I'm defending against a forward, so her movement determines my movement.
Among the weeds choking out growth and good government are the hundreds of boards, commissions, and advisory committees that have sprouted over the years. They devour time, money, and energy far beyond any real contribution they make.
Throughout my career, I was to be cast as a frontier girl, an aristocrat, an Arabian, a Eurasian, a Polynesian, and a Chinese.
For when a woman is left too much alone, sooner or later she begins to think;- And no man knows what then she may discover.
If you really want to conceal something, leave it lying about where everyone can see it.