I always feel that until you take your last breath, you're always growing.

With age comes the understanding and appreciation of your most important asset, your health.

If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.

My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you I the best place for the next moment.

One thing I've learned about life is that if you really let go, it's just a joy ride.

If my 18-year-old daughter asked me whether she should lead a truth-hunting, artistic, uncompromising life as I have done, I'd say no, don't do it. It's a difficult and lonely path for a woman.

If I couldn't get published tomorrow I'd still be writing. It's something to do with feeling so overwhelmed by this experience of life that you have to tell someone about it, and in a way that reorders the experience to make it manageable.

This is the most challenging activity that humans get into, which is love. You know, where we have the sense that we can't live without love. That life has very little meaning without love.