Thank you, always say thank you; it's the greatest gift you can give someone; because thank you is what you say to God.

We need Joy as we need air. We need Love as we need water. We need each other as we need the earth we share.

I think all poems are commissioned. They just come to me without somebody outside commissioning them. The idea comes and I will live with them 'til I get it as close to what I mean. I've never been totally satisfied. I've come close a few times.

Nothing succeeds like success. Get a little success, and then just get a little more.

Self-pity in its early stage is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.

Be courageous, but not foolhardy. Walk proud as you are.

Each of us has that right, that possibility, to invent ourselves daily. If a person does not invent herself, she will be invented. So, to be bodacious enough to invent ourselves is wise.