I loved Celine Dion. I loved Whitney Houston and these big powerhouse vocals.

One of my best friends is Justin Houston.

I certainly think that the publishing houses have to learn more about this informal network of literary blogging and get over the idea that sending an author on a book tour - to Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles - is a successful model anymore.

The University of Houston is a program that should have national relevance.

When Houston called, I was like, 'I think this could be a great fit.'

My family is all from the Southwest. My great-great-grandfather was at the Battle of San Jacinto with Sam Houston.

Mariah and Whitney Houston were my goddesses growing up.

I was born in Texas, you know. I was born in Houston.

I still have very close ties to Houston and the Astros because that was my first team.

I started in musical theater as a little girl in Houston.

I happen to represent Enron here in Houston. We have many good corporate citizens here in Houston. Enron happened to have been one.

Houston is awesome. I love it.

I got my name in the hat for 2019 Mayor of Houston, Texas.

Houston, we've had a problem.

Los Angeles, Houston, Denver, Atlanta: those are all cities that really didn't get big, didn't hit their stride until the 20th century.

I love y'all, Houston.

Broadway's a little different from Houston, but it's not a big difference.

At first, we knew what was going on in Compton by the music that we heard. We knew what was going on in Chicago by the music that we made. We knew what was going on in Houston by the music that was going on in Houston.

As an insecure adult in Houston, a writer struggling to make myself heard, I was nourished by those hours with the Houston Rockets in ways that I did not recognize.

When I was a kid in Houston, we were so poor we couldn't afford the last 2 letters, so we called ourselves po'.