Martin Luther King was a human being with a brilliant mind, a powerful heart, and insight, and courage and also with a sense of humor. So he was accessible.

Growing up, I decided, a long time ago, I wouldn't accept any manmade differences between human beings, differences made at somebody else's insistence or someone else's whim or convenience.

Creativity or talent, like electricity, is something I don't understand but something I'm able to harness and use.

Never whine. Whining lets a brute know that a victim is in the neighborhood.

The most important thing I can tell you about aging is this: If you really feel that you want to have an off-the-shoulder blouse and some big beads and thong sandals and a dirndl skirt and a magnolia in your hair, do it. Even if you're wrinkled.

Ain't nothin' to it, but to do it.

Take a day to heal from the lies you've told yourself and the ones that have been told to you.