"Having sex is like playing bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand."

“Kids don't have the same sense of their own mortality as adults.”

Source : Source: www.thewrap.com

“Look closer at the stress in your own life and you can identify that negative emotions are always built on counterfactual statements.”

“I've seen firsthand the terrible consequences of drug abuse. My heart is with all who suffer from addiction and the terrible consequences for their families.”

“Folks are obviously reluctant to do things that they don't feel comfortable with, and the conservative nature of the state is such that they can understand property rights.”

Source : "Conservative Push For Solar Isn’t Quite As Conservative As It Seems", www.huffingtonpost.com. May 15, 2015.

“Asymmetric balance creates greater reader interest. Pleasure derived from observing asymmetrical arrangements lies partly in overcoming resistances, which, consciously or not, the spectator adjusts in his own mind.”

“When you don't have to depend upon your creative work for money, you'll never really have to compromise... Knowing that is hugely liberating as well as artistically clarifying... Being practical about where your money comes from means you can be romantic about your writing... I believe that a healthy society is one that supports its artists, but I also know that that privilege, of being only an artist, is afforded to just a small number. Most of us have to find something else - or live a highly disciplined life, which I'm not willing to do.”

Source : Interview with Alexis Cheung, believermag.com. November 20, 2017.

“We must develop a federal program of public works, retraining, and jobs for all - so that none, white or black, will have cause to feel threatened . . . There is nothing except shortsightedness to prevent us from guaranteeing an annual minimum and livable income for every American family.”

“A good attitude for a woman is to be confident, and to be confident is to be natural.”