I read a piece of writing and within a paragraph or two I know whether it is by a woman or not.

That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is my way of judging what I am doing - which is never an easy thing to do.

The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it.

One isn’t born one’s self. One is born with a mass of expectations, a mass of other people’s ideas – and you have to work through it all.

Most people are not really free. They are confined by the niche in the world that they carve out for themselves. They limit themselves to fewer possibilities by the narrowness of their vision.

It is wrong to have an ideal view of the world. That's where the mischief starts. That's where everything starts unravelling.

The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.

Home is, I suppose just a child's idea. A house at night, and a lamp in the house. A place to feel safe.

One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria.

The world is always in movement.

All the details of the life and the quirks and the friendships can be laid out for us, but the mystery of the writing will remain. No amount of documentation, however fascinating, can take us there.

When you go beyond your limitations, that is called success.

Do not allow your thoughts to condemn you.

Resentment is the most precious flower of poverty.

One definition of maturity is learning to delay pleasure.

A wise person once wrote, “Resentment is like drinking poison and hoping the other person would die.” But the only one dying is ourselves.

Destiny is what we work toward. The future doesn't exist yet. Fate is for losers!

You got the ball in your hands and you're in command, and if you get your good pitch where you want it, nobody's gonna hit you.

The wonderful thing about a TV show is if you get picked up for another season, there's no happily ever after.

If we are to move towards our collective bliss, it's time we shed our focus on the physical.

The simpler we make our lives, the more abundant they become. There is no scarcity except in our souls.