Maya angelo

In honor of what would have been her 95th birthday, we look at some of our favorite words of wisdom from the legendary Maya Angelou.

MAYA ANGELOU - AMERICAN POET

"Do the best you can until you now better. Then, when you know better, do better." - Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou talks process in an interview with George Plimpton, who recalls that she once told him she writes "on a made-up bed with a bottle of sherry, a dictionary, Roget’s Thesaurus, yellow pads, an ashtray, and a Bible." From the newly available online complete collection of Paris Review author interviews

LIfe lessons from Dr. Maya Angelou.