(M)ysteries in fiction are seldom as insoluble as those in life, as most writers can't resist the lure of omniscience.

But I like my big Afro. I also liked when my hair was longer and relaxed. I’m happy to have choices. They’re mine to make

Counting is the religion of this generation it is its hope and its salvation.

will there ever be a drama more beautiful than that of eating?

We all walk in mysteries. We are surrounded by an atmosphere about which we still know nothing at all.

I don't write, I build a rhyme.

It sometimes makes people feel better about themselves, you know, to put other people down, or make fun of them, or maybe make mockery of their work and that doesn't make me feel good at all.

Never, never, will I accept, on issues of integrity, comparisons with the Liberal party.

I wanted to be the greatest woman guitarist alive. I had fantasies about being a female Jimi Hendrix.

In America, there are some artists who are more of an image than music; if your star status goes down there, you're finished.

Usage is the only test. I prefer a phrase that is easy and unaffected to a phrase that is grammatical.