"You never get over the fear of..." - Quote by Maya Angelou

“There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.”

“Laugh as often as possible. You must. Because the world will offer you every reason to weep. So as often as possible, you laugh. That, I think, is part of the Great Love.”

“Don't let the man bring you down.”

“So in writing, there is always a right word, and every other than that is wrong. There is no beauty in words except in their collocation. The effect of a fanciful word misplaced, is like that of a horn of exquisite polish growing on a human head.”

“Music lives in me. Life is a song to me. I have the gift of rhyme, and I'm always trying to write and rhyme. Music is just natural everyday occurrence with me.”

“After all, I believe it is the style of thought entirely, and the style of expression, which makes the difference in books.”

“My only fear is doing something contrary to human nature - the wrong thing, the wrong way, or at the wrong time.”

“If I quake, what matters it what I quake at? Our proper vice takes form in one or another shape, according to the sex, age, or temperament of the person, and, if we are capable of fear, will readily find terrors.”

“I understand that fear is my friend, but not always. Never turn your back on Fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed. My father taught me that, along with a few other things that have kept my life interesting.”