As I learnt very early in my life in Whitehall the acid test of any political question is: What is the alternative?

I would really rather feel bad in Maine than feel good anywhere else

I am only one but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something.

An insolent reply from a polite person is a bad sign.

There is no feeling to be compared with the feeling of having written and finished a story.

I don't think my stylist would let me bedazzle my splint.

If we sang in English, we would have global No. 1s, and no one would say anything.

I just feel that the East and the West are two different worlds. I sometimes get saddened when I see that very few writers of color are published or reviewed in East Coast presses and magazines.

If your child marches to a different beat, a different drummer, you might just have to go along with that music. Help them achieve what’s important to them.

In order to get to the other side of the shore, you have to lose sight of this one!

Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?