A wedding, a great wedding, is just a blast. A celebration of romance and community and love... What is unfun about that? Nothing.

Why is this the "new feminism" and not what it looks like: the old objectification?

What peace it must be to know that someone is yours, no matter what - it is ordained, can never be otherwise.

And the truth is, the ten or twenty minutes I was somebody's mother were black magic. There is nothing I would trade them for. There is no place I would rather have seen.

I survive by finding the sweet spot between reason and unreason, between the rational and irrational.

Have you ever wanted something so badly that you would do anything, believe anything in order to acquire it?

There is an air of unreality in debating these arcane points when the world is changing in such dramatic ways right in front of our eyes because of global warming.

In nature there is no such thing as waste. In nature nothing is wasted; everything is recycled.

Cat, you ruined mom's dress!" "Honey, it was ruined when she bought it.

I’ve always thought a novelist only has one character and that is himself or herself.

I will die for the art & what I believe in. The art ain't always gon' be polite.

Don't listen to negative influences. Believe in yourself, and show others what you can do. Only "you" can find your potential.

Mind the dead man, my dear.

When we got married, the first thing my wife did was put everything under both names - hers and her mother's.