Quotes about "Retirement & Later Life"

My experience as a black woman in the industry is simply that often I was the only one in the room. Often I would be the only woman and the only person of color. Sometimes I would be one of several women but the only person of color. Sometimes I would be one of several people of color, but the only woman. ”

The baseline character in a lot of Western literature is a man. So we, as women, do a lot of suspending of our disbelief to experience a novel or a play or a movie through that male character. ”

As a writer of fiction, you don't ever want to limit the characters you create to the life you've lived. That's insanity to me. ”

I want to tell more stories about lying, dual lives, self-deception - those are my favorites. ”

Aging gracefully is one thing, but trying to slow it down is another. ”

I think life is really good. ”

There's no doubt that motherhood is the best thing in my life. It's all that really matters. ”

I have a rendezvous with life. ”

All I wanted was to be big, to be in show business and to travel... and that's what I've been doing all my life. ”

I remember I'd come home from fifth, sixth grade, and I'd watch 'Saved by the Bell' and be like, 'I hope my high school experience is like that.' And it totally wasn't. It sucked. ”