selling my soul for student loans and an education.

We only knew then that there was always the war, but that we were not going to it anymore.

Acts of sacrifice and decency without regard to what's in it for you create a ripple effect. Ones that lift up families and communities, that spread opportunity.

The amount which cannot be harnessed and domesticated, but insists on its own form of activity rather than one which is offered ready made, is the energy used for the creation of art.

I was nuts about Elvis, like every girl in America.

There are having flowers in Spring, breezes in Summer, moon in Autumn, snows in Winter. If there is nothing worrying over you, it will be the best seasons at all times.

I don't think there's been any writer like Samuel Beckett. He's unique. He was a most charming man and I used to send him my plays.

Music is everybody's possession.

... to find beauty in everyone you must see beauty in everyone, then announce that you see it, for in announcing it, you place it there in their reality.

To play down mothering as small is to crack the very foundation on which greatness stands.

I wish I were dumber so I could be more certain about my opinions. It looks fun.