When I passed forty I dropped pretense, 'cause men like women who got some sense.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive

I think that that's the wisest thing - to prevent illness before we try to cure something.

If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.

Nature has no mercy at all. Nature says, "I'm going to snow. If you have on a bikini and no snowshoes, that's tough. I am going to snow anyway."

Until blacks and whites see each other as brother and sister, we will not have parity. It's very clear.

If I wanted to write, I had to be willing to develop a kind of concentration found mostly in people awaiting execution. I had to learn technique and surrender my ignorance.