A New York friend said that visiting the South reminded her of nothing more than being in high school again.

Read a lot, finding out what kind of writing turns you on, in order to develop a criterion for your own writing. And then trust it-and yourself.

Savannah is a . . . lovely pastel dream of tight cobbled streets. . . . There are legendary scenes . . . to rival any dreamed up by Tennessee Williams.

Guilt is one of those useless emotions I refuse to indulge.

She has fought many wars, most internal. The ones that you battle alone, for this, she is remarkable. She is a survivor.

Don't play with others, or at one day, you will be played by others.

Never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.

Politics was sort of a way of life in our family.

A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.

It's funny with fiction - once you cut something, it hasn't happened anymore.

It is the end of art to inoculate men with the love of nature.

Mathematics is the Life of the Gods.

A career in sport is almost impossible to manage without the support, and guidance, and reassurance of family and friends. During tough times, and there always are, this is whom we go to.

While my classmates were reading their textbooks, I drew in the margins.