Death doesn't frighten me; now I can think peacefully of ending a long life.

I didn't like mundane life.

Always keep your smile. That's how I explain my long life.

I never wear mascara; I laugh until I cry too often.

I see badly, I hear badly, and I feel bad, but everything's fine.

Always keep a smile. I attribute my long life to that. I believe I will die laughing. That's part of my program.

I had to wait 110 years to become famous. I wanted to enjoy it as long as possible.

If you can’t do anything about it, don’t worry about it.

I only have one wrinkle and I'm sitting on it.

I think I will die laughing.

Wit doesn't make girls pretty.

When left holding an empty bag, fill it with dreams of honor and glory!

But in Ward 9 the air had a real quality, it clamped itself over your face like a pad of cotton wool, soaked through with the sweet chloroform of utter sadness. - Ward 9

I’d recommend learning to accept rejection. Become friends with rejection. Be nice to rejection, because it’s a huge part of being a writer, no matter where you are in your career.

I also wish that the Pledge of Allegiance were directed at the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, as it is when the President takes his oath of office, rather than to the flag and the nation

Drive inexpensive cars, but own the best house you can afford.

My ultimate research goal is to transform our human existence to just eating, sleeping, drinking, playing - nevermind.

Always guarding one's real, precious self in a cocoon of tranquility within a thousand masks. Life itself had become a secret affair.

It doesn't matter if you mean to do the right thing - if you only do bad things. You need to learn how to do right things. Doing is what affects people.

I've been doing politics 30 years. I've never seen an election like this [in 2016]. This is entirely unpredictable.

I'd like to be an assistant producer to a reality show.