Young people coming up who are having difficulty with their so-called celebrity need to get back into their lives. It's your life and you can't let the fact that you do something pretty good take away the joy of it.

I think one of the nicest things that we created as a generation was just the fact that we could say, 'Hey, I don't like white people.'

I spend a lot of time learning about bird watching.

You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts because if you write with someone looking over you shoulder, you'll never write.

I grow old though pleased with my memories The tasks I can no longer complete Are balanced by the love of the tasks gone past I offer no apology only this plea: When I am frayed and strained and drizzle at the end Please someone cut a square and put me in a quilt That I might keep some child warm And some old person with no one else to talk to Will hear my whispers And cuddle near

We believe 'Peter Rabbit' because Beatrix Potter believes it. You have to.

I prefer her [Nina Simone's] jazz period much more so than her folk period.