I'm a frotteur, someone who likes to rub words in his hand, to turn them around and feel them, to wonder if that really is the best word possible.

There comes a time when you realize that everything is a dream, and only those things preserved in writing have any possibility of being real.

Love must wait; it must break one’s bones.

Women fall in love when they get to know you. Men are just the opposite. When they finally know you they're ready to leave

Sometimes you are aware when your great moments are happening, and sometimes they rise from the past. Perhaps it's the same with people.

I deem as heroic those who have the harder task, face it unflinchingly and live. In this world women do that.

Dresscodes are for styleless people.

Hope but not enthusiasm is the proper state for the writer.

What is the ultimate impulse to write? Because all this is going to vanish.

I like aristocracy. I like the beauty of aristocracy. I like the hierarchical feeling.

The whole joy of writing comes from the opportunity to go over it and make it good, one way or another.

There's nothing more satisfying than being stupid with a friend.

Authority is ability to rule. Dominion is rulership.

The aura of soccer is very different from other sports.

We should explore ways to make us a more amazing species. A more fascinating society. We should embrace our innovations and evolve with them.

The media's trying to attack my administration because they know we are following through on pledges that we made and they're not happy about it for whatever reason.

There is no risk involved.

Even though I had a lucrative contract with MGM, I had a husband who was drinking and gambling our money away faster than I could make it.

You are what your creators and experiences have made you, like every other being in this universe. Accept that and be done; I tire of your whining.

I read a lot, but I read about the areas that I'm interested in.

My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important.