I believe I belong to the last literary generation, the last generation, that is, for whom books are a religion.

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.

We almost made it to thirty seconds without an insult. I think we set a new record.

Your inner critic is simply a part of you that needs more self-love.

Don’t you have someone else to harass? People to eat?”“Nope. You’re at the top of my list.”“Well, aren’t I special?

The finishing off of the encircled enemy army is to be left to the Luftwaffe.

I've always said I don't believe in God, I believe in Al Pacino.

Normality is the ability to learn by experience, to be flexible, and to adapt to a changing environment.

The greatest crime of welfare isn't that it's a waste of money, but that it's a waste of people.

Innovation makes the world go round. It brings prosperity and freedom.

Jesus did not ask us to believe that he would be raised from the dead.

There are those who see a problem and there are those who will not give up until they find a solution - finding a solution is what the Full Stop Foundation is about