Bless you for your jealousy; it is a sign of empathy.

Please know that being 80 is not a scary thing. When you're 80, your life is much freer.

The first idea, the first art piece I ever did, was when I was four. I cut the seed of a pear in half and the seed of an apple in half in put those two halves together and planted the seed, hoping a very strange tree might grow. And I never stopped.

Is truth always positive? Of course. Once the truth comes out, you know, it's all right. We're scared that if the truth comes out that it's not all right. It's the other way around.

You can't always measure the effects of activist work; you just have to wish and pray that the message gets through.

I'm kind of honored to be a dragon lady. The dragon is a very powerful, mythical animal.

I did not break up the Beatles. You can't have it both ways. If you're going to blame me for breaking the Beatles up, you should be thankful that I made them into myth rather than a crumbling group.