I am very concerned about the environment and psychological health of this beautiful planet.

I treated her like a pair of gloves. When I was cold, I called her up.

While I was watching you, exotic words drifted across the mirror of my mind as summer clouds drift across the sky.

Throughout my work is the idea, over and over, that we must all learn to respect one another.

You can't get away from violence in drama. If you do not have conflict, you do not have drama.

If a brutal scene is shown for no reason except to shock, then it is bad.

Comparisons deplete the actuality of the things compared... ("Conveyance: The Story I would Not Want Bill Wilson To Read")

When denial is in play, a person simply refuses to recognize the truth, no matter how apparent.

People are very narcissistic. It's not all their fault. We live in a society where there is a magazine for you, a channel for you, a perfume for you.

I've never written an autobiographical novel in my life. I've never touched upon my life. I've never written a single scene that I can say took place.

A community is made up of intimate relationships among diversified types of individuals--a kinship group, a local group, a neighborhood, a village, a large family.

Some people are born for the city. I'm not one of them.

There's no better feeling than making somebody smile.

Love is the only unifier in the world. We've all felt exactly the same way. It'll make you crazy and it'll make you ecstatic and that's true for everyone.

Before Kady was born, I didn't think having a kid would be such a big deal. My attitude was simple: Babies are nice, play with them, put them in the closet until the next time.