Afterwards, I will have to tie the trees to bamboo poles so the wind will not determine their shape. A tree cannot be given form by the vagaries of the wind.

In the new quiet I heard the sea as if my ears were laid against the ocean floor. I could hear everything. The rumbling earthquake of a ship and spider crabs moving between weeds.

She had no God to plead to for mercy or luck. It would be true to say she depended instead on human kindness and painkillers.

Do you know that the tendrils of graft and corruption have become mighty interlacing roots so that even men who would like to be honest are tripped and trapped by them?

One dumb-bell, Watson! Consider an athlete with one dumb-bell. Picture to yourself the unilateral development - the imminent danger of a spinal curvature. Shocking, Watson, shocking!

Personally, I've made myself a very small window of what I enjoy in this business, which is I love being a big part of the storytelling process.

Why is it illegal to park in a handicapped parking space but okay to go the bathroom in a handicapped stall?

Fashion does seem to have a 20s comeback every few seasons, and I completely see why. Its a very feminine look: the fabrics and the shapes are very pretty and distinctive.

I am a very linear thinker, so I write beginning to end. I write hundreds of pages per book that never make it into print

Remember that your character is the sum total of your habits.

I made a conscious decision back then that I would rather be the best actress who ever lived than the most famous one.

If Marilyn is in love with my husband it proves she has good taste, for I am in love with him too.

Science will win because it works.