I realize that I only have words and that, from time to time, as I hold them in my arms I am less lonely.

To have a son in wartime is the worst curse that can befall a mother, no matter what anyone says.

How is a woman to tell the story of her life and not stumble upon men?

...if you're an actor, and you've thought your way into the part, then you're character portrayal will have authority...

I would like a man now who is rich, and who can give me a boat - a sailboat. I want to own it and let him pay for it. My first love is the sea and water, not music. Music is second.

Americans are just beginning to regard food the way the French always have. Dinner is not what you do in the evening before something else. Dinner is the evening.

I don't like to read novelizations of movies.

Satan called - he's changed the sheets, fluffed the pillows and laid out the complimentary chocolate. Hell is ready for John Edwards.

If I could act like This was my real life, And not some cage where I've been placed, Well then, I could tell you The truth like I used to And not be afraid of sounding fake.

You are a black goddess when you come out the salon.

Man is so constituted that health is a purely negative state. Hunger once satisfied, it is difficult for a man to imagine the horrors of starvation; they cannot be understood without being felt.

You should keep on learning as long as there is something you do not know.

Books should cost less and they should be digital.