For woman is yin, the darkness within, where untempered passions lie. And man is yang, bright truth lighting our minds.

I hid my deepest feelings so well I forgot where I placed them.

My mother said I was a clingy kid until I was about four. I also remember that from the age of eight she and I fought almost every day.

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

So sad! This is the saddest part when you lose someone you love- that person keeps changing. And later you wonder, Is this the same person I lost?

I am like a falling star who has finally found her place next to another in a lovely constellation, where we will sparkle in the heavens forever.

Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to someone.

I was six when my mother taught me the art of invisible strength..."strongest wind cannot be seen."

How can you blame a person for his fears and weaknesses unless you have felt the same and done differently?

Libraries are the pride of the city.

Who knows where inspiration comes from. Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from the flukes of the universe, the kindness of the muses.

God is an idea, the devil is us.

I intimidate men.... People look a lot but there's no line outside my door.

Everybody has their opinion and they are going to critique you.

A good thing to live by is to go after what truly interests you.

Never lend your car keys to someone you gave birth to.

It's time to raise a generation of participants, not another generation of fans.

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Every time you go the way the audience expects, they'll think you're original. People laugh with pleasure at the obvious.

An American who can make money, invoke God, and be no better than his neighbor, has nothing to fear but truth itself.

I hope Gunter Grass will continue helping the SPD in campaigns and that he will otherwise remain with us as a provocative literary figure, as well.