"To write is to resist—to resist forgetting, to resist silence."

At twenty-one, I was a divorced single mother. At thirty, I was struggling to feed my children. At forty, I was starting over in a new country. At fifty, I was rebuilding my career. At sixty, I walked the runway at Fashion Week. Life begins at every age—if you dare to make a plan.

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

可持续性始于土壤；如果我们不关心它，其他一切都无关紧要。

The work of art is the result of a struggle between the artist and his material.

我想我永远不会停止写情歌。

I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.