I'm not a Perfectionist."I just don't want to get Embarrassed and Ashamed".

I've nothing against people who love truth. Apart from the fact that they make dull companions.

Mendacity is a system that we live in, " declares Brick. "Liquor is one way out an'death's the other.

The perfect weather of Indian Summer lengthened and lingered, warm sunny days were followed by brisk nights with Halloween a presentiment in the air.

My husband sings Baa Baa black sheep and we pretend that all's certain and good, that the marriage won't end.

Failure can be bought on easy terms; success must be paid for in advance

Pray do not interrupt me," he wrote. "I am smiling.

I am one of the 11.5% of New Yorkers who remain traumatized by the events of September 11.

The surfeit of bad trends pushes me to set my stories in worlds which are often diminished versions of our own present.

I keep active because I have not announced my retirement, because that is something that takes time and you have to plan it. Plus, it is something that the Dominican people expected.

Beautiful things happen in your life when you distance yourself from the negative things.