Never, never let a person know you're frightened. And a group of them ... absolutely never. Fear brings out the worst in everybody.

Being free is being able to accept people for what they are, and not try to understand all they are or be what they are.

In the fifties, you have your beauty as a treat. I thought that until I hit the sixties.In your sixties, life decides to reward you with certain kinds of profound appreciation, so that people name their children and schools and libraries after you! And you still have your sexuality and your sensuality. If you want your sexuality, you still have it.

Growing up at my grandmother's table, she always had rice. She might do something as exotic as potatoes or spaghetti, but there was still always rice, just in case you needed a little rice fix.

When I was asked to do something good, I often say yes, I'll try, yes, I'll do my best. And part of that is believing, if God loves me, if God made everything from leaves to seals and oak trees, then what is it I can't do?

Without courage you cannot practice any of the other virtues.

I've lived many places on the planet, and I still have friends in many places.