“Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: ‘I’m with you kid. Let’s go.’” – Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou speaking in 2008. –Wikipedia photo
Perfectly Fantastic
I once had the honor of interviewing Maya Angelou. It was one of the highlights of my 37-year journalistic career.
Says this wise old lady:
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.”
“My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.”
“Nothing will work unless you do.”
“The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.”
“I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.”
The Wondering Wanderer’s blog pick of the day.
Bean’s Pat: 46 Reflections http://tinyurl.com/bumwlrk A fantastic gift of photos and quotes from Matador online magazine. I loved every one.
Pat Bean's blog 
Her words are so true. You know while sick I reread my first 4 books and it was like the characters were alive! I laughed and cried with them. One reader called me a genius and another fan was “astonished at my engineering vocabulary! I was astonished he used the word astonished, as he is an engineering/technology teacher. Now I understand why my fans ask me to keep writing.
Love, Robert (authorsf)
I don’t know about you but sometimes the characters that I’m writing about take over and do what they want to do. I’m so happy you have fans who want you to keep writing. I don’t know about you but I just can’t not write. Hugs to all.