"There's a strong aspect of Buddhism which is geared towards ending all fertility."

“This paper of yours is so lightly written that you must have sweated terribly.”

“Hunger also changes the world - when eating can't be a habit, then neither can seeing.”

Source : Maxine Hong Kingston (2010). “The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts”, p.32, Vintage

“If you're ever if you're ever thinking, “Oh, but I'm a waste of space and I'm a burden,” remember: that also describes the Grand Canyon. Why don't you have friends and family take pictures of you from a safe distance? Revel in your majestic profile?”

“A camera is a camera, a shot is a shot, how you tell the story is the main thing.”

“It's not what you appreciate; it's that you appreciate.”

“When you are about to badger the weak,Then imagine yourself before a more powerful man.”

“That was probably one of the things that if I look back at my career and say what is something I would try and do a little bit differently, I’d try and be a little bit more loose playing the game. Have a little more fun doing it.”

“I might be in favor of national healthcare if it required all Democrats to get their heads examined.”