But destiny is a very peculiar thing, with a complex timing that is impossible to comprehend.

The universe maintained a balance, moving first one way and then the other in a forever equalizing of opposites.

It was odd to have something so personal out there in that way, but the good thing about art is that no one necessarily knows what you mean by it anyway.

Imagination is the wonder of the wise.

Under current law, on January 1, 2013, there's going to be a massive fiscal cliff of large spending cuts and tax increases.

If I eat, I can't work. I'll eat when I'm dead.

I am never going to write for the sake of writing.

Everything that is superfluous overflows from the full bosom.

'Dignity of Labour' is a subject to be learnt from Australia!

I met my husband when a friend sent him over to my house to cure my hiccoughs.

My mom and my sisters were amazing; they always see the good in people. My mom, she doesn't know how to write and read much, but she's one of the most fantastic women I've met in my life.

New York is a field of tireless and antagonistic interests undoubtedly fascinating but horribly unreal. Everybody is looking at everybody else a foolish crowd walking on mirrors.