You can't get rid of evil. We can't, and I feel that so intensely.

I think people should be given a test much like driver's tests as to whether they're capable of being parents!

My life in Brooklyn was in constant danger because of my bad health.

Children do live in fantasy and reality; they move back and forth very easily in a way we no longer remember how to do.

Because love is so enormous, the only thing you can think of doing is swallowing the person that you love entirely.

It is a blessing to get old. It is a blessing to find the time to do the things, to read the books, to listen to the music. I have nothing now but praise for my life.

I refuse to cater to the bullshit of innocence.