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There aren't a lot of 'Aha!' moments in writing.

What I always want is to have several little 'aha' moments where your brain is very happy.

I find age such a foreign concept. I have to be reminded. I still have the extraordinary feeling of adventure, striking out into unknown fields.

Growing old has been the greatest surprise of my life.

Everything I read about hitting a midlife crisis was true. I had such a struggle letting go of youthful things and learning how to exist and have enthusiasm while settling into the comfort of an older age.

When people think of me initially, they remember me as 'Akeelah.' Sometimes it can be frustrating to be remembered at an age that you've outgrown.

I've experienced many hardships, but mentally, I've always been older, and that reflects in my actions, too.

I feel very lucky to have grown up having interaction with adults who were making change but who were far from perfect beings. That feeling of not being paralyzed by your incredible inadequacy as a human being, which I feel every day, is a part of the legacy that I've gotten from so many of the adult elders.

I don't think I really realized what being an adult and being a real grownup was until I was at least twenty-eight.

I always had an easier time with adults. Somehow, I was always old! I still feel old.