Animals, like us, have rich and spacious interiors. They contain inner landscapes: desert places and lonely canyons, cliffs of madness and rivers or serene awareness that merge in tranquil seas.

Everyone needs a spiritual guide: a minister, rabbi, counselor, wise friend, or therapist. My own wise friend is my dog.

Closed in a room, my imagination becomes the universe, and the rest of the world is missing out.

Tiny acts of kindness can have BIG results.

The busier you are, the more intentional you must be.

We belong to a nation, whose fate is to shoot at the enemy with diamonds.

I'm very fond of Tennessee Williams' plays, and when my husband and I went to New Orleans in the late 1970s, we saw 'A Street Car Named Desire.'

Loser loser, double loser, whatever, as if, get the picture. DUH!

Wounds and hardships provoke our courage, and when our fortunes are at the lowest, our wits and minds are commonly at the best.

When you do reality, you have to be pretty careful. You have to almost monitor yourself to make sure that you don't get yourself in situations that you shouldn't [be in].

Don't be gullible, use life before it uses you. Understand there are no free lunches, and for every action you take, there's a reaction.