If only I'd known my differentness would be an asset, then my earlier life would have been much easier.

I have my standards. They're low, but I have them.

I'm working my way toward divinity.

We are all part of the ecosystem.

I wouldn't say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity.

Here I am, one of the most colorful women of my time - if not of my block - being made to sound positively legumelike in printed interviews.

Just remember, during the winter, far beneath the bitter snow, that there's a seed that with the sun's love in the spring becomes a rose.