What I have always loved most in men is imperfection. I get moved by the wrinkles on the throat of a man. It makes me love him more. I think it is sad that more women don't take the chance that maybe men will be moved by seeing the chin a little less firm than it used to be, that a man will be more in love with his wife because he remembers who she was and sees who she is and thinks, God, isn't that lovely that this happened to her. And be moved by life telling its story there.

It's better to wake up alone knowing that you're alone, than waking up with someone and still be lonely

Choice is the essence of what I believe it is to be human.

it is only in statistics that people die by the millions. Each person dies individually, in his own predicament.

I do not want to arrive at the end of life and then be asked what I made of it and have to answer: 'I acted.' I want to be able to say: 'I loved and I was mystified. It was a joy sometimes, and I knew grief. And I would like to do it all again.'

I can't expect people to decide that they will change with me, so I can see why I'm on the old side.

I looked into the mirror and saw this middle-aged woman who keeps invading my face.