If you're planning only to make money and nothing else, you'll be broke.
What distresses me at times is that I meet a lot of people in their 40's, 50's, 60's, who still say they're a victim of child abuse.
I couldn't lie to get myself fame and fortune.
The Stovepipe is a memoir full of laughter and tears and a moving story of sisterly love as well as their will to survive.
Gripping my arm, Mother held it in the orange-blue flame. My skin seemed to explode from the heat.
Everybody has a tragedy or two in their lives.
I work 338 days a year, 16 hours a day.
I did not intend to be a writer. I first wanted to be a lawyer, like my father. Then I got bit by the bug of philosophy and wanted to be a philosophy professor. I went to graduate school and quickly discovered it was impossible for a woman in those days - this was the early fifties - to be a philosopher, so I gave that up.
Let go of your expectations. The universe will do what it will. Sometimes your dreams will come true. Sometimes they won't. Sometimes when you let go of a broken dream, another one gently takes its place. Be aware of what is, not what you would like to be, taking place.
When other people ask me, 'What gives you the right to suggest standards for others?', my answer is, 'If I don't, someone else, perhaps less qualified, will.
Recently, I've been loving Monster Hunter! A film conversion is currently in planning.