Women's rights are more important than their ethnic rights.

Many people have a profession or a job - most people do, I should think. And they do it. And that's what I did.

I never write about a place I don't know.

I don't think the world is a particularly pleasant place.

Adoptive parents are taking on enormous responsibility, both emotionally and financially. Quite frankly, they need as much disclosure as possible about the child's background and health to assure the best fit and be prepared.

Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God is glue.

We get so obsessed with our body, but when you have cancer, you forget your mind and your soul and your relationships are all affected. We will continue to build on and create more resources on topics like, 'How do you talk about cancer?'

Bud Johnson, God rest his soul of fame, a tenor saxophonist. Bud was always a big, big, big booster of mine and he always when I first met Bud in Pittsburgh when he came through there, he heard me sing and he wanted me to come to Chicago.