I love writing. I've always written journals. I loved writing the book on living alone.

I've always supported myself. I like the sense of knowing exactly where I stand financially, but there is a side of me that longs for a knight in shining armor.

The thing I love about television is that people watch you in their pajamas, and when they're eating dinner. You're part of the family.

The secret of living a full life is to be fully engaged, moment to moment, to have something in your life that engages you so that there's nothing missing.

For 50 percent of Americans marriage is forever, for the rest of us there is another adventure.

If people are watching television by themselves, it makes them part of a community of people laughing.

I'd like to meet a lovely man who shares my interests. On the other hand, I possibly will not. It's part of the hand you're dealt. It's a challenge-and I'm not atypical.

Poetry is very crafted. You can't have too many words. It needs compression. It has to be spare, just the right number of words.

When you want something this badly, you don't just give up. You fight and fight until you absolutely can't fight anymore.

Are ya tryin' to kill me, Maggie?" Declan bit the words out and his fingers dug deeper into her hips. "Are ya wantin' to see a grown man beg?

If Detroit was a watershed concert for me, traveling with Willie Nelson through Texas and Louisiana was a milestone of a different sort.

Any intelligent woman would have made a dignified retreat, but this was New Jersey, where dignity always runs a poor second to the pleasure of getting in someone's face.

The People's Liberation Army should play the role of shock troops, overcoming fatigue and sharpening vigilance to make new contributions.

Die, but do not retreat.

While they would have provided financial support if I had needed it, the greatest support my parents gave was emotional, psychological.

Common sense is as rare as genius.

Many people who live in the USA feel blessed to live in a free country with many opportunities. For this reason, many try to come to the USA, and few ever wish to leave it.

In the end, art is small beer. The really serious things are earning one's living so as not to be a parasite and loving one's neighbor.