There are two ways to wake up. You can wake up thinking about what you know, or you wake up thinking and saying 'What can I learn?.' That's a very different approach.
I have so many different personalities in me and I still feel lonely.
My father has a pragmatic mind. He marched with Dr. King in the '60s, and he's very much for women's rights.
Tori's my legal name. My niece and nephews, they all call me Aunt Ellen, because I went by my middle name years ago, before I turned 18.
I became a mom at 37 and having a child has been an emancipation for me.
Being in your forties - any woman who isn't there yet, I just have to say to you: Euphoria is coming to you.
There is a time and a place for things. Sometimes one needs to put a filter on oneself. That can be a good thing.
My father was strict, but he recognised my ability and got a lot of flak from the church for supporting me.
Life is fleeting. It is to be enjoyed.
Guys would sleep with a bicycle if it had the right color lip gloss on. They have no shame. They're like bull elks in a field.
For the most part, pianos are female to me. Sometimes they're dykes, and they're always good fun.
I think even in a good marriage, especially if you stay together long enough, there are going to be events that happen.
I have a great relationship with my mother-in-law. We're both Leos, we understand each other.
I'm a hard worker. I get my hands dirty.
If you are a nurturing mother, and a good one, you can go to play groups, sit on the floor and play all the games, and have tea with the other mothers, but wouldn't you like to think that's not all there is? That you haven't hung up your high heels without knowing how to walk in them?
If you have an issue with homosexuality, then it comes to your own fear and your own darkness.
I think everyone understands grief, the journey it takes us on, whether it's the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship, a disappointment. Some people don't deal with it, the power of it. Some do. Some feel the weight of it and it informs their choices. I've had to open up to grief in different contexts.
I don't want to give too much ink to foolish men.
I want to be an integrated woman.
Our world is a huge mess right now, and not big enough for masses of intolerant people.