“I don’t think every old person is wise, and I don’t think you automatically get wise when you’re old. You have to want it, You have to pursue it.”

“Never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about.”

“I’m very much in acceptance of what I look like and I own what I think and feel. And that, to me, is what maturity is. You own what you think and feel. I say what I mean. I mean what I say. I try not to say it mean….

“I used to be young but I got over it.”

“You can’t be the kid standing at the top of the water slide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute.”

“It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides.”