All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears.

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence.

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.

The mind is its own enemy, that fights itself with the innumerable pliant and ineluctable arms of the octopus.

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind.

Literature must be an analysis of experience and a synthesis of the findings into a unity.

Life has no joy in it without accomplishment of purpose

Because of the brevity of life, the Bible warns that we should be prepared to meet God at all times.

Our lives, our stories, flowed into one another's, were no longer our own, individual, discrete.

When I'm doing well, it's like I'm in a nice little ballet. Everything is going slow all around me. It's very peaceful.

I'm very involved in the writing on every level.

I've never been resigned to ready-made ideas as I was to ready-made clothes, perhaps because although I couldn't sew, I could think.

I grew up in Manhattan and, since my father was a playwright, all I ever wanted to be was a stage actress.

James McMurtry is a true Americana poet - actually he is a poet regardless of genre

Jesus is all the world to me my life, my joy, my all. He is my strength from day to day Without Him, I would fall.

I just think people are so used to seeing me on shows like Vampire Diaries and Pretty Little Liars, which are more geared toward teens. But in reality, I could have a 12-year-old kid.