"Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of."

“I studied piano and viola and voice in high school and music composition in college. For many years before I became an author I was a singer songwriter, writing for Disney and Sesame Street. I believe in perfect rhymes - no cheating!”

“I like Spike Lee a lot. He's incredibly gifted and I don't think he gets the credit he deserves as a filmmaker.”

“I was brought up in Florida, so there isn't much difference between playing there and playing here. The climax are about the same.”

“We're all self-destructive when we're young. We all rebel. If we don't, there's something wrong. But when a Chicano kid's in a rebellious state, he has nowhere to go but to put himself in jeopardy with the police. When a kid who has some class privilege rebels, he's in a beautiful room and he can buy these horrible CDs and drugs. He's buffered from being a criminal.”

Source : Interview with Barbara Stahura, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. January 31, 2003.

“I have lost faith in universal panaceas - work is the one thing in which I really believe.”

Source : Louise Bogan (1973). “What the woman lived: selected letters of Louise Bogan, 1920-1970”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P

“It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected.”

“The controlling Intelligence understands its own nature, and what it does, and whereon it works.”

“If people throw stones at you, pick 'em up and build something.”