Intelligence always had a pornographic influence on me.

I like to speak on matters which matter to human beings, and almost everything matters to human beings.

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

It's in the click of my heels, The bend of my hair, the palm of my hand, The need of my care, 'Cause I'm a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That's me.

To be human is to be challenged to be more divine. Not even to try to meet such a challenge is the biggest defeat imaginable.

When I'm writing, I write. And then it's as if the muse is convinced that I'm serious and says, 'Okay. Okay. I'll come.'

You can't really know where you are going until you know where you have been.