If we can genuinely honor our mother and father we are not only at peace with ourselves but we can then give birth to our future.

I've gotten crankier in my old age.

Usually I'm right, by the way - so never mind all the other.

I'd like to go to another planet, which I might live long enough to accomplish. Just get on a spaceship and go. But not the moon. I don't see any flowers there. The moon is too close. I want to go further.

the illusion never really dissipates that you can lose twenty pounds in one night by cutting out dinner.

In terms of my life, I guess I want to share whatever I've learned really, which is basically one thing: know yourself, look for yourself, know what to look for, cherish it, be honest, be authentic, even if it hurts your feelings. That's not bad.

Friendship is not linear. It moves in all directions, teaching us about ourselves and about each other.