You don't need a reason to add value to somebody's life. Nor do you need to get anything back from them. You add value because it's who you are.

People think needing a man is weak. I believe what is truly weak is not ALLOWING ourselves to surrender to our deepest desire to have a protective, strong, caring, masculine man in our life.

I would say that I have a love-hate relationship with almost everything in my life, including stand-up.

An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language.

Government by blackmail is incompatible with democracy.

It takes a great cook to pull life truth from poultry.

Would rather learn from failures I'm proud of than take pride in success I don't believe in.

I want what everybody wants, that's how I know I'm still breathing.

You must never feel badly about making mistakes.

She had become so thoroughly annealed into his life that she was like the air he breathed--necessary but scarcely noticed.

In my opinion, most organized religion does neither agentic service nor relational nurturance very well.

The heavens are full of floating mysteries.