Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be.

The infinite faith I have in people's ability to understand anything that makes sense has always been justified, finally, by their behavior.

I write not only what I want to read...I write all the things I should have been able to read.

So the best thing is to really work on yourself and opening your own heart and just letting all that stuff [worrying] go. And it is possible. It's sometimes takes a lot of time; it's not easy. And a lot of sitting with yourself and trying to work with your own heart.

Whenever I have knocked, a door has opened. Wherever I have wandered, a path has appeared. I have been helped, supported, encouraged and nurtured by people of all races, creeds, colors and dreams.

For a long time, I thought I was ugly and disfigured. This made me shy and timid, and I often reacted to insults that were not intended.

I'm the kind of woman that likes to enjoy herselves in peace.