We just didn't put any pressure on each other, and I think that everybody needs somebody, and I didn't do it to try to do it; it's what we [with Nina Simone] were to each other.

I’ve not learned the acceptable way of saying you fascinate me...I’ve not even learned how to say I like you without frightening people away-

The catchword I use with my classes is: The authority of the writer always overcomes the skepticism of the reader.

The nature of tragedy and accident is that we cannot predict.

Sacred cows make very poor gladiators.

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.

Don't want to be near you for the thoughts we share but the words we never have to speak.