In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.

The press frequently sneers at the hype devoted to a superstar, but the press itself is responsible for all the hype.

A happy woman is one who has no cares at all; a cheerful woman is one who has cares but doesn't let them get her down.

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

I don't share blame. I don't share credit. And I don't share desserts.

I know that anybody who does all this and doesn't have to, everything thinks she's very driven. The truth is, I enjoy it all so! Can't it be that simple? I think it is! I don't feel overworked. I get a constant kick out of being heavily committed. Is that sick or something? God, what would I do sitting still?

Attachment to spiritual things is... just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.