Beneath the eerie calm of these unfathomable waters were deadly whirlpools of ambition, anger and unhappiness.

It's the only dish I serve my craziness for color in.

When good Americans die, they go to Paris, ' the ghost said, after taking a drag on a small cigarette.But you’re not dead. I suppose the question must be, are you good?

People who kill time are themselves not alive.

The conquest of the earth which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves is not a pretty thing when you look into it.

I suppose being fierce is a very good thing, and a very cool thing. But more than fierce, I think I'm a strong person and a strong individual. And that's what I take with me every day.

It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.

I have a necklace with a golden key, given to me by my sisters, which I always wear.

If all you ever do is all you've ever done, then all you'll ever get is all you've ever got.

Never write a poem about anything that ought to have a poem written about it.