July 28 Birthdays

Once you can express yourself, you can tell the world what you want from it. . . All the changes in the world, for good or evil, were first brought about by words.

There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you.

Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don't have to live forever, you just have to live.

Sometimes in life, things just fall in to my lap. Im very blessed that way.

I realized Im not the kind of person who wants to go with the flow and fit in. Im an agitator, Im opinionated, Im a libertine and leader.

Out all of these zillions of letters, one of the first ones that came was, as it turned out from Johnny Carson within the last five or six weeks of his life. I had worked with him. He lost a son who had worked for me.

I didnt know if I could act, but I knew I could be a great ballet dancer, and Balanchine put out the carpet for me.

I write with experiences in mind, but I dont write about them, I write out of them.

Conservative New Testament studies could also provide an intellectually satisfying alternative to German biblical criticism and to the liberal theology that accompanied it.

The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.

I always felt that I would become somebody outstanding, whether it was in singing, instrumental playing, orchestra conducting, or anything involving feeling.

I didnt plan on being a single mom, but you have to deal with the cards you are dealt the best way you can.

Anything is art if the artist says it is.

Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum, minutus carborata descendum pantorum (A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants).

Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.

Any time Detroit scores more than a hundred points and holds the other team below a hundred points, they almost always win.