Everyone has at least one story, and each of us is funny if we admit it. You have to admit you're the funniest person you've ever heard of.

Open your eyes to the beauty around you, open your mind to the wonders of life, open your heart to those who love you, and always be true to yourself.

You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.

People are too busy putting things under microscopes and so forth. Creativity is greater than the sum of its parts.

You only are free when you realize you belong no place - you belong every place - no place at all. The price is high. The reward is great.

I go to a hotel and try to get there by 5:30 in the morning. I keep a dictionary, a thesaurus, a bible, a deck of playing cards, a bottle of sherry, and stacks of yellow sticky pads. I shut myself in for six, seven hours. I have an arrangement with the hotel that no one may go in my room. After three or four months, they might slip notes under my door like, "Dear Ms. Angelou, please let us change the linens. We think they might be molding." It's probably true. I let them in if they promise not to touch anything other then the bed.

Remember, people will judge you by your actions not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold but so does a hard-boiled egg.