“Philosophy means nothing unless it is connected to birth, death, and t...” — Susan Griffin Quote

“Philosophy means nothing unless it is connected to birth, death, and the continuance of life. Anytime you are going to build a society that works, you have to begin from nature and the body.”

“I think we actually punish children out of their relationship with their bodies... we categorically separate mind and body and emotion and intellect.”

“Before a secret is told, one can often feel the weight of it in the atmosphere.”

“Gender is a way to hide from the simple truth we all tell: 'Hey, I'm here, I have a body.'”

“Just as the slave master required the slaves to imitate the image he had of them, so women, who live in a relatively powerless position, politically and economically, feel obliged by a kind of implicit force to live up to culture's image of what is female.”

“I grew up right near Hollywood, and I wanted to be a filmmaker.”

“Anytime you've got artists singing songs, doing grooves that they don't want to do, it's terrible.”

“I think anytime you put the weight of the world on yourself saying, 'I have to perform,' or, 'I have to get a completion. I have to throw a touchdown,' nine times out of 10, I think you're going to fail.”

“Right now I'm happy to be on the ice anywhere, anytime.”

“Anytime you're writing stories about a group of people with whom you have limited experience, there's a lot of guesswork.”

“Anytime you go out to bat after, say, a Gayle or Rahul, your job automatically becomes a tad easier because even if one of them has started off well, the pressure isn't staring at you when you walk in.”

“Anytime anyone gets passionate over a character you're playing, I think you've done your job well.”