In the night the cabbages catch at the moon, the leaves drip silver, the rows of cabbages are a series of little silver waterfalls in the moon.

Yesterday and tomorrow cross and mix on the skyline. The two are lost in a purple haze. One forgets, one waits.

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar.

Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Love your neighbor as yourself but don't take down your fence.

It is necessary ... for a man to go away by himself ... to sit on a rock ... and ask, 'Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.

Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of blessings.

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

When I learnt to write I became my own master, I became very strong, and that strength is with me to this very day.

People smile at me as if they know me. I just smile back. They probably might know me.

In the past it never occurred to me that every casual remark of mine would be snatched up and recorded. Otherwise I would have crept further into my shell.

That's the whole point of... of prosecutorial discretion in the judicial system. It's finding a just outcome in an individual case.

In America nature is autocratic, saying, "I am not arguing, I am telling you.

I was always a singer and a dancer, and I always wanted to be an actress. For me, it's all just one thing.

Don't be afraid to be different.

I'm a much healthier eater and I've lost quite a bit of weight over the years.

Your success will be proportioned to the amount of mental effort you devote to it.

You evolve in the ways in which you are precious. When you are the director, you are also continuing to write on the floor as you go along.