"in the context of loss, each child is an only to her or his parents. Human relationships do not fill in for, do not substitute for, do not replace each other."

“Daily life is always extraordinary when rendered precisely.”

“If you really know what you want out of life, it's amazing how opportunities will come to enable you to carry them out.”

“I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times.”

“Public humiliation is a commodity and shame is an industry,”

Source : "The price of shame". TED Talk, www.ted.com. March 2015.

“One man's poison ivy is another man's spinach.”

“If there is a ground zero in the cultural wars, it is Missouri, a state where pro-life groups are strong and well organized and their agenda dominates local politics.”

“I could be making a lot more money now if I had chosen a different kind of movie, but none of that matters to me... I've done the parts I wanted to do.”

“Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible.”