Autobiographies ought to begin with Chapter Two.

It's easier in some ways being on the life raft and the other guy's in the boat and you can row alongside and be supportive. In some ways, that's an easier role.

If I were dead, I wouldn't be sad, and I wouldn't be glad, because I wouldn't be.

I was very young when we got married and I don't know why it worked out like it did or how I was smart enough to know that this was the right guy, but somehow I got lucky.

Society is like a schoolmaster who estimates boys according to their conformity to a standard that is easiest for running a school.

I lived a very isolated life. When you start at 20, you have a lot of nonsense to work out of your system.