Most people don't grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity. What that is, is aging.

If I'm the people's poet, then I ought to be in people's hands - and, I hope, in their heart.

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

Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.

I'm a descendant of someone bought and sold, and brought in 1619 in what was to become the United States.

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

We can be better, we can be wiser, we can be more kind. Yes we have to change. We have to grow up and stop acting like 10 years old. Yes there is much to do, much to see, much to go into.