I try to live what I consider a "poetic existence." That means I take responsibility for the air I breathe and the space I take up. I try to be immediate, to be totally present for all my work.

A woman who is convinced that she deserves to accept only the best challenges herself to give the best. Then she is living phenomenally.

I wasn't a pretty girl. I was six feet tall at 15, you know.

If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.

I've learned that forgiving is one of the greatest gifts that I can give myself.

I've had rainbows in my clouds.

It is very dangerous to make a person larger than life because, then, young men and women are tempted to believe, well, if he was that great, he's inaccessible, and I can never try to be that or emulate that or achieve that.