Without travel I would have wound up a little ignorant white Southern female, which was not my idea of a good life.

Finding your look isn't complicated if you go in without being frightened. Notice what people are complimenting you on. Experiment with new things once in a while, but have your tried-and-true pieces that work.

No one's raising children any more. To love a child, you've got to work for it. You have to change its diapers and feed it at night!

If you don't have passion, change.

People say you're flirting with death but really you're flirting with life.

Most authors have one idea per book. Shakespeare had two per sentence.

The doctors told me I'd be fine if I play only golf and tennis doubles for the rest of my life. But I dive. I dogsled. I trek. I guess I'll have surgery.