I think all women have a friend who at some point dumped them or betrayed them or deeply disappointed them. And at the same time all women have a friend who they dumped or betrayed or hurt in some way. That's universal in women's friendships.

Poetry is on earth to make you serene, not corrupt your mind, thoughts,or emotions

I don't really know anything about the movie business, even though I've lived in Los Angeles my whole life - somehow I've never bumped into it.

Don't ever feel that you have to hide who you are. Nothing good ever comes from keeping secrets like that.

And one of the interesting things about bound feet is that they never age.

I wonder if there was anything I would have done differently. I hope I would have done everything differently, except I know everything would have turned out the same. That's the meaning of fate.

People write to me all the time, and I write back.