Only some radical change can divert the downward course of my spirit, some startling new place or people to arrest the drift, the drag.

Make voyages. Attempt them. There's nothing else.

Deliberate cruelty is unforgivable. --Blanche Dubois

Just another four-letter word.

Friends are God's way of apologizing to us for our families

Girls that aren't cut out for business careers usually wind up married to some nice man.

I'm much more conscious of historical events since the '60s. In the '60s, I was insulated by my own addictions, my own lifestyle, from what was going on in the world. After I recovered I was amazed at certain people who had died. I hadn't noticed that they had gone. Not friends ... I'm talking about public figures who had passed away.