Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be. It is a matter of being joyous in the face of sorrow.

Men hand out cigars. Women `hand out' babies. And thus the world, for thousands of years, has gone round.

Movies are movies, television is television.

I wanted to be Anthony Hopkins and ended up being neither a film star nor having a career on the stage.

From Maya Angelou I began to believe that I, too, someday, could be a writer, and I also learned how tortuous it can be to be in possession of a unique voice.

Children who cling to parents or who don't want to leave home are stunted in their emotional, psychological growth.

Change is good. And in fact unavoidable.