Poems are soft kitten furs. smoothing out the rough edges of my world.

The splendid thingabout falling apartsilently...is thatyou can start overas many timesas you like.

even in the loneliest momentsi have been therefor myself.

some winterswill never meltsome summerswill never freezeand some things will only... live in poems.

...so i will greet youin a wayall loved thingsare meant to be greetedwith a tear in my heartand a poem in my eye.

i have laughedmore than daffodilsand cried more than June.

your handtouching mine.this is howgalaxiescollide.

To fall in love with someone's thoughts - the most intimate, splendid romance.

the intensityin your eyesburns my penas i write.

lean in to kiss mein all the placeswhere the acheis the most special.

i writebecauseit is the only wayi can reach you.

I tend to wait for true stories to mature into fiction. Most of my fiction grew out of a long-germinating real-life situation.

The essence of life is doing things for their own sakes.

Don't wear excessive make-up as you grow older. Young women can wear whatever make-up they want, but if you are older, you will regret it.

Most people that work in [show] business, if they're not gypsies by nature, become gypsies, just because of the reality of this business.

If there's ever been a dark moment in my life... well, I wanted to check out. Music was a big escape.

When I die, I hope they don't cremate me 'cuz I'll burn forever.

A mediocre person tells. A good person explains. A superior person demonstrates. A great person inspires others to see for themselves.

I definitely tell things at arm's length but that is conscious. No part of me wants everybody to know what's going on.

People have been modeling their lives after films for years, but the medium is somehow unsuited to moral lessons, cautionary tales or polemics of any kind.

At least I've had one foot in a very normal kind of life.