My parents separated when I was younger

The older you get, the more you realize it's not what happens, but how you deal with it.

You must love and care for yourself, because that's when the best comes out.

I didn't have anybody, really, no foundation in life, so I had to make my own way. Always, from the start. I had to go out in the world and become strong, to discover my mission in life.

I believe that if you'll just stand up and go, life will open up for you.

You asked me if I ever stood up for anything. Yeah, I stood up for my life.

I never said Well, I don't have this and I don't have that. I said, I don't have this yet, but I'm going to get it.

In Tennessee where I grew up, there were animals, farms, wagons, mules.

For me the goddess is the female of God, She is powerful if different.

Whenever I drink champagne I either laugh or cry...I get so emotional! I love champagne.

My legacy is that I stayed on course...from the beginning to the end, because I believed in something inside of me.

Discovering life in oneself is to become all you can be

Thin people are beautiful but fat people are adorable.

If we have any problems, it's always with the government of the United States.

We are a species that needs and wants to understand who we are. Sheep lice do not seem to share this longing, which is one reason why they write so little.

Sometimes a little near death experience helps them put things into perspective.

Man's real home is not a house, but the Road, and that life itself is a journey to be walked on foot.

Sometimes it feels as if everything in life is just something we haul into the grave.

Most of what's around us is banal. We live with it. We accept it as inevitable.

It's a very romantic sentiment, but to think that you would die if you didn't write, well, I would definitely choose to not write and live

Well Mandira, I hope not. You see, I started both their careers. And as far as i can remember, I started yours too.