No one remembers her beginnings. Mothers and aunts tell us about infancy and early childhood, hoping we won't forget the past when they had total control over our lives and secretly praying that because of it, we'll include them in our future.

Never let money control you. I'd rather see someone spend every red cent and relish his/her life than scrimp, obsess, and pinch the pennies. There's something repugnant about a person who centers his life around money.

Show me a writer, any writer, who hasn't suffered and I'll show you someone who writes in pastels as opposed to primary colors.

Do not judge. Never presume to judge another human being anyway. That's up to heaven.

People aren't grapes - you can't weigh them in a bunch, but I guess it's easier than dealing with people as individuals.

Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.

Dad could charm a dog off a meat wagon.