Brave people are the firemen who run into the burning building. That's brave.

I've spent a lot of words on my own mortality.

My job is to stay alive until the medicine and research catch up.

The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. We know that. And yes, there are certainly times when we aren't able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like. It's called being human.

I think I did marry a marvelous man.

Concentrate on the things that matter to you.

Those who need a champion cannot afford compromise, in the face of forces that are powerful, persistent and pernicious and greedy.