I'm sorry to say that when some people get to age 50, they say, "Well, that's the end, I'll never have to do sex again." They lay down first and get up last! But in your sixties, everything is sweeter. You have more time.

Don't bring negative to my door.

It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.

If you're a human being, you can attempt to do what other human beings have done. We don't understand talent any more than we understand electricity.

Whenever something went wrong when I was young - if I had a pimple or if my hair broke - my mom would say, 'Sister mine, I'm going to make you some soup.' And I really thought the soup would make my pimple go away or my hair stronger.

When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness... all the good things.

I know some people might think it odd - unworthy even - for me to have written a cookbook, but I make no apologies. The U.S. poet laureate Billy Collins thought I had demeaned myself by writing poetry for Hallmark Cards, but I am the people's poet so I write for the people.