To be an artist — actually, to be a human being in these times — it’s all difficult. … What matters is to know what you want and pursue it.

I've always had a desire to write something and capture people's imagination like Peter Pan had captured mine.

I loved books; I read my childhood away. I was more interested in my interior world.

In the war of magic and religion, is magic ultimately the victor? Perhaps priest and magician were once one, but the priest, learning humility in the face of God, discarded the spell for prayer.

I got over the loss of his desk and chair, but never the desire to produce a string of words more precious than the emeralds of Cortés.

I have vague memories, like impressions on glass plates.

Steven [Sebring] was documenting me as a widow with two children, going from 50 to 60 years old. My focus, during that time, was to rediscover myself, stay healthy, take care of my kids and reestablish a relationship with the people.