Writing is just having a sheet of paper, a pen and not a shadow of an idea of what you are going to say.

Jazz music is an intensified feeling of nonchalance.

It seems to me that there are two kinds of trickery: the "fronts" people assume before one another's eyes, and the "front" a writer puts on the face of reality.

To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.

There is a certain age when a woman must be beautiful to be loved, and then there comes a time when she must be loved to be beautiful.

I have loved to the point of madness; That which is called madness, That which to me, Is the only sensible way to love.

A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to take it off of you.

One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter.

Art must take reality by surprise.

For what are we looking for if not to please? I do not know if the desire to attract others comes from a superabundance of vitality, possessiveness, or the hidden, unspoken need to be reassured.

I always believe things are going to work out.

Life is a purposeful action.

A woman's strength comes from finding solace in peace and earning respect in silence...

Many folks think they aren't good at earning money, when what they don't know is how to use it.

I spent 24 and a half years in prison

I've been pretty career-focused since moving to New York.

It's not what you do, but HOW you do it. Because in the end everyone knows almost as much, just not the same way.

Understand that you have the ability to get healthy and stay healthy.

It's our imagination that's responsible for love, not the other person.

One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.

The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad.