Collect treasures that have meaning only to you. Put them in a special place, and explain them to no one, except when you're giving interviews to Time magazine.

Do not determine to change your life eventually. If you have decided to change your life, it is already changing.

Aloneness, like life, becomes more interesting when you realize it's a present.

Cultivate night-blooming jasmine near your bedroom window, and dream of men you've always longed for.

Think of your husband as a lover from a previous life, and wonder what you did to deserve him.

THIS IS A COMPLIMENT?You're incrediburgableshe saidwhich is to sayYou're a little like incrediblebut a lot more like ahamburger.

Off-the-rack solutions, like bargain basement dresses, never fit anymore.

You ardently strive for freedom, and I do wish you were free--but, rather than for your sake, so that government won't be.

When I was small, my most serious handicap was a painful bashfulness in the presence of strangers.

The majority of people have no understanding of the things with which they daily meet, nor, when instructed, do they have any right knowledge of them, although to themselves they seem to have.

I submit all my plays to the National Theatre for rejection. To assure myself I am seeing clearly.

In 2008, when the real estate market blew up, it principally hurt older people who saw the value of their houses go down, along with their pension plans.

It's never too late to begin a life or a book.

I just want people to admit that there's no one way to live your life.

Average real wages in Mexican manufacturing are lower than they were 10 years ago, if you can believe that.