Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.

The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one's nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.

My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and adorable daughters wonder why feminism had become a dirty word.

Market economy favors the have against the have not

What if half the things ever said / Turned out to be a lie / How will you know the truth / If you were given all the answers / And you stopped to wonder why...

It doesn't matter if they hate you, or embarrass you, or simply don't appreciate your genius for inventing the internet-""You invented the inte

Remember the steam kettle; though up to its neck in hot water it continues to sing.

Desirelessness or renunciation does not come for the mere talking about it.

Each person is born to one possession which outvalues all his others-his last breath.

It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.

I heard that your brain stops growing when you start doing drugs. Let's see, I guess that makes me 19.

I write as a witness to what I have seen.

What you have to do as a writer is . . . write day in and day out no matter what happens.