I am furious at all the letters to answer, when all I want to do is think and write poems. ... I long for open time, with no obligations except toward the inner world and what is going on there.

We are all jellyfish, too pitiful and too afraid of being disliked to be honest.

Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.

Without darkness, nothing comes to birth, As without light, nothing flowers.

What is destructive is impatience, haste, expecting too much too fast.

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.

The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind.

The most valuable thing we can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of room, not try to be or do anything whatever.

There are some griefs so loud/They could bring down the sky/And there are griefs so still/None knows how deep they lie.

A house that does not have one warm, comfy chair in it is soulless.

It is, I assume, quite easy to wither into old age, and hard to grow into it.

When you are watching the universe, you are watching yourself! Wherever you visit in the universe, you visit yourself!

Man sees what he knows, not what he seesShort story, The Mallard

It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion.

I enjoy doing all different types of movies even though I am the most comfortable with comedy.

I just take jobs that will have me. I'm an actress that works. I'm not an actress who's ever waited.

Convenience is not an acceptable foundational value for society. It’s a disease.

Speak of a wolf and you see his tail!

I don't do ups, ups defy gravity. Gravity is a law. I obey the law

Having three operational vehicles in the fleet affords the shuttle program great schedule flexibility as we move toward flying safely and completing the international space station.