Just as if you do a mash-up of reality from the point of view of African Americans in this country, you're going to end up with something that will say, "This is Black Lives Matter." It's not that people necessarily have started out from that premise. But if you're looking at reality, that will be the result because that is reality.

But maybe boredom is erotic, when women do it, for men.

Richard liked to say he picked things up for a song, which was odd, because he never sang. He never even whistled. He was not a musical person.

Messy love is better than none, I guess. I am no authority on sane living.

I did not know how to paint or even what to paint, but I knew I had to begin.

I read for pleasure and that is the moment I learn the most.

She had no images of this love. She could offer no anecdotes. It was a belief rather than a memory.