• I wrote some of the worst poetry west from the Mississippi River, but I wrote. And I finally sometimes got it right.

    Maya Angelou: I wrote some of the worst poetry west from the Mississippi River, but I wrote. And I finally sometimes got it right.
    "At 80, Maya Angelou Reflects on a 'Glorious' Life". "Weekend Edition" with Lynn Neary, www.npr.org. April 6, 2008.