A drink centers me but I usually make myself wait until at least 9:00 PM for that. Or 8:00 PM. Whichever comes first.

They say marriages work better if you don't know the person too well. Maybe we should stop writing each other posthaste.

I was trained to turn loneliness into laziness.

When I moved, I unearthed the diaries I kept for ten years. I sat and went through them and they were a worthless burden to own. People will say it's tragic I threw them out, but I know it isn't.

I have never cried in the shower. That's a woman thing I think.

There is pain in being a woman, yes, but there is pride in it, too.

The coldest depth of Hell is reserved for people who abandon kittens.

Philip Larkin has a tough honesty and sense of humor that I find irresistible, as a contemporary poet.

But there's people I care about! And this time around, I’m not gonna just stand by and let them all get hurt!

Never count your chickens before you can stick a fork into them.

I'll always be a fat girl and I am happy with that.

The paintings to me are always canvas, sculpture has always been metal, though I have made sculpture in wood also.

Human beings have a tendency to push away unwanted pain, but my experience is that when I give my consent to it, it delivers its gift and moves on.

Life is made up of challenges that cannot be solved but only accepted.

A related advantage of mission oriented ideas, is that you yourself will be dedicated to them.