Robin Wright Quotes

I don't want to die as long as I can work; the minute I can not, I want to go.

It's much better to go when you are still capable than wait until people say you're so doddery it's time you went.

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.

It is a rare and difficult attainment to grow old gracefully and happily.

I want to age with some dignity.

I really think that it's better to retire, in Uncle Earl's terms, when you still have some snap left in your garters.

If you want to live a hundred years, how do you want to live your life? At the age of 100, you should go shopping with your great-grandchildren, but not in a wheelchair.

It isn't so bad getting old. It really isn't. As long as I can stay healthy.

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.

Longevity is something I never gave a second thought to. I guess it's the shadow of growing up in post WWII, but I never believed I would live past 20. Here I am though... a senior citizen... my voice and heart are stronger than ever, but boredom is the greatest enemy so I have to be careful not to slip over the edge.

I'll be working until I die.

Seventy is wormwood, Seventy is gall But its better to be seventy, Than not alive at all.

I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me.

Now people live into their 90s and beyond. As long as I have quality of life, I'm good.

Nice to be here? At my age it's nice to be anywhere.

Old age isn't a battle; old age is a massacre.

Old age treats freelance writers pretty gently.

It's awful to have to, but I've started thinking about that, you know. 86. I'm thinking, well, maybe I might make it to 90. At least I'd like to have my brains.

When you are 81 years old, you don't really need a lot of the trappings of wealth.

Everything about aging in my experience so far has been a plus. Except the death part!

Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.

I've been writing about growing old for some time, really from the beginning of my career. It's something I'm apparently hung up about and now that I am old, hopefully I speak about it with some authority.

I don’t like getting old at all, but then again, who does?

The word that scares the hell out of me is 'frail.' I don't want to be frail.

I survived turning 60, I was not thrilled to turn 61, I was less thrilled to turn 62, I didn't much like being 63, I loathed being 64, and I will hate being 65. I don't let on about such things in person; in person, I am cheerful and Pollyanna-ish. But the honest truth is that it's sad to be over 60.