If you are still being hurt by an event that happened to you at twelve, it is the thought that is hurting you now.

It is impossible to see the angel unless you first have a notion of it.

Sooner or later something seems to call us onto a particular path....This is what I must do, this is what I've got to have. This is who I am.

The elder who is eliminating what time has done to the face, what life has done to the face, is making a statement for others to see: This is the way to be a good old person - it is to defeat this body that is doing things to you. Because you haven't changed. Your body's changing.

The older people that one admires seem to be fearless. They go right out into the world. It's astounding. Maybe they can't see or they can't hear, but they walk out into the street and take life as it comes. They're models of courage, in a strange way.

Fame and 'Success' are two very different accomplishments