I wrote poetry, journals, and, especially, plays for the neighborhood kids to perform. I had an ordinary, happy childhood. Nothing much was going on, but I had fun.

Every girl pretends she is a princess at one point, no matter how little her life is like that.

those who do not know how to see the precious things in life will never be happy.

Maybe we judge people too much by their looks because it's easier than seeing what's really important.

I love you, I thought. But I didn't say it. It was not that I feared she would laugh in my face. She was far too kind for that. My fear was a greater one - that she won't say it back.

I am a princess. I do not follow fashions--I make them.

People make such a big deal about looks, but after a while, when you know someone, you don't even notice anymore.

Something with inner beauty will live forever, like the scent of a rose.

Good to know: Doctors can't cure you of being a beast.

What happened to romance? Sappy, soppy longhand love letters.

A beautiful thing is precious no matter the price

People believe a little too easily that the function of the sun is to help the cabbages along.

Freedom is free will.

It's very hard to get a movie made. You could spend your life reading scripts that never got made.

True creativity is more likely if you are more relaxed

You [Hillary Clinton] ran the State Department, $6 billion was either stolen. They don't know. It's gone, $6 billion.

Someone left the cake out in the rain

Our feelings are real and they are powerful, but they are not more powerful than God and truth.

When I'm alone at home, I really prefer to listen to Wagner's orchestral music rather than any vocal music. I find it illuminating not to have to pay attention to voices in the recordings.

I was so unhealthy as a child, and at least three or four times my parents were told to get ready, that I would not make it.

The only victory love can enjoy is the day when its offer of love is answered by the return of love. The only possible final triumph is a universe loved by God and in love with God.