"It seems to me that large numbers of people are now paying attention to poverty and that large numbers now understand that blaming the poor and the insecure for being poor and insecure is as unseemly as is schoolyard bullying. In that realization lies hope for a reinvigorated discourse around poverty and inequity in modern-day America."

“When one is loyal to the truth, we say he is a person of integrity. When one is loyal to the truth under intense opposition, we say he is a person of great integrity.”

“Only love and death will change all things.”

“You need to have the ability to gracefully navigate the world.”

“I don't want anything bad to happen to the United States, but if North Korea ever drops a nuclear bomb on this country, I swear to God I hope it lands in Hartford, Connecticut.”

Source : "Women Reporters Face Added Risks In Conflict Zones". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. February 22, 2011.

“I'm not a writer, inherently. Most of the writers I've met have stories they need to tell. I don't have that. I'm an interpreter. I like getting a script, seeing a character and thinking, "Oh, wow, I know what I can do with that."”

“I always had good friends, but I did not feel like a cool girl, ever.”

Source : "Q&A: Catherine Keener, Nicole Holofcener: 'Enough Said' Duo Talk Their Unique Alliance". Interview with Ramin Setoodeh, articles.chicagotribune.com. October 1, 2013.

“Still enmeshed from the knees down, Vayl flopped off the cabinet before we realized he needed a hand down, falling fast and hard like a penguin who hasn't bought the whole flightless scenario.”

“I've got to find something and if I find something that I like, I'll do it. If I don't, I won't.”