There are things you stand up for because it’s right.

If I could come back as anything - I'd be a bird, first, but definitely the command key is my second choice.

There are some things we do simply because the doing is a success.

i hope i die warmed by the life that i tried to live

I think it's the strength of her music, using art to make a statement. I think it really is. It was not a cheap gift. The gift was an expensive gift for Nina [Simone]. Diamonds are expensive. Her music was expensive. She paid for it, but I think it's her greatest gift.

Rage is to writers what water is to fish.

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