These are my wakeup cupcakes, some anti-depressants, and a cell phone book
When I sit and talk with a person, I'm not always paying attention. I'm looking at the person and saying, 'What is it about his or her life that appeals to me?
I want to see children curled up with books, finding an awareness of themselves as they discover other people's thoughts. I want them to make the connection that books are people's stories, that writing is talking on paper, and I want them to write their own stories. I'd like my books to provide that connection for them.
Drawing is what you see of the world, truly see. . . And sometimes what you see is so deep in your head you're not even sure of what you're seeing. But when it's down there on paper, and you look at it, really look, you'll see the way things are. . . that's the world, isn't it? You have to keep looking to find the truth.
Anyone who has problems, or worries, anyone who laughs and cries, anyone who feels can write. It's only talking on paper. . . talking about the things that matter to us.
I myself was terrified during the Second World War. The war started when I was six, and I was so sure that we were going to be bombed and killed. My imagination is my biggest plus and my worst minus.
If you have a friend, things are better than if you didn't have a friend.
I am deeply skeptical of re-entering into Iraq's civil war.
When I got my Oprah money, the first thing I bought was a really nice electronic bidet toilet seat. It just feels like this is what we should be doing. For everybody who uses it, it's like there's no goin' back.
It would be gross understatement to say that the Telecommunications Act of 1996 is not a model of clarity. It is in many important respects a model of ambiguity or indeed even self-contradiction.
I began to wonder why we cuddle some animals and put a fork in others.