"When we fail to set boundaries and hold people accountable, we feel used and mistreated. This is why we sometimes attack who they are, which is far more hurtful than addressing a behavior or a choice."

“The only reason to write is from love.”

Source : "HBO Delves Into the Life of Musical Theater Legend, Stephen Sondheim" by Jesse Green, www.elle.com. December 5, 2013.

“I started growing my hair in December '89. I was seventeen. I signed my record deal and said I ain't combing my hair no more. I don't have too.”

“The very idea of having children brings out this deep revulsion in me.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“[.....] most of the environmental hype [regarding global warming] is really to help bring about Karl Marx's dream (nightmare) of a Communist world." [by reduction, and ultimately elimination of private property rights”

“You are not a mess. You are a feely person in a messy world.”

“If civilians are killed in an attack on a military installation, it is certainly regrettable, but I will not morally blame the I.R.A. for it.”

Source : "For Lawmaker Examining Terror, a Pro-I.R.A. Past" by Scott Shane, www.nytimes.com. March 8, 2011.

“In the whole story of the world, bananas have never once been a special treat.”

“I have always loved reading, so was interested in the literary world, and took many literary portraits.”