It's kind of true, you do disappear off the planet if you are a middle-aged woman, but that has some advantages as well..

Just have fun. Smile. And keep putting on lipstick..

Pretty is a self-serving situation in which it's all about you. People who are pretty are superficial, but they are not beautiful. Beauty requires mo….

I've done all kinds of things I said I wouldn't do and, of course, now I'm glad. Thrilled..

Life is short and experiences with remarkable people are rare..

I never understood the idea that you're supposed to mellow as you get older. Slowing down isn't something I relate to at all. The goal is to continue….

I have a policy about fear: It cripples the soul, so you just have to fight it..

Here is my biggest takeaway after 60 years on the planet: There is great value in being fearless. For too much of my life, I was too afraid, too frig….

When I was young, I wanted my appearance to be more interesting than what surrounded me. Now the body part I like best is my eyes, because they bring….

Humor helps us get through life with a modicum of grace. It offers one of the few benign ways of coping with the absurdity of it all..

Choosing the freedom to be uninteresting never quite worked for me..

What makes a heroine? I think I can answer that. A heroine is a woman who risks going too far in order to find out how far one can go for a cause gre….

We can't save the past or solve the riddle of love. But to me, it's worth trying..

Why black and white? Because color can be too demanding..

Motherhood has completely changed me. It's just about like the most completely humbling experience that I've ever had. I think that it puts you in yo….

A sense of freedom is something that, happily, comes with age and life experience..

I've always loved independent women, outspoken women, eccentric women, funny women, flawed women. When someone says about a woman, 'I'm sorry, that's….

This living stuff is a lot. Too much, and not enough. Half empty, and half full..

What is perfection, anyway? It's the death of creativity..

Even though all these obstacles keep coming at you, you just have to keep going through them. Because it's worth it to do something in your life, as ….

We can grow gracefully, or gorgeously. I pick both..