I spent part of my college years in a Marxist commune. I was not a Marxist. I wasn't even pretending to be one. I was a Marxist-in-law.

Oh, that sound? I'm in the hot tub, reading a novel.

Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.

Every first draft is perfect, because all a first draft has to do is exist.

I suspected that there were things he knew that I had been waiting all my life to learn.

In many ways, being honest about 'Huckleberry Finn' goes right to the heart of whether we can be honest about our heritage and our identity as Americans.

Even if my marriage is falling apart and my children are unhappy, there is still a part of me that says, 'God, this is fascinating!'

Take naps. Often new ideas come together when you are half asleep, but you have to train yourself to remember them.

Candy is my fuel. Ice cream, too.

But what truly horsey girls discover in the end is that boyfriends, husbands, children, and careers are the substitute-for horses

In every society, the artists will be the ones who set themselves up as contrary to whatever the society expects.

There is always more goodness in the world than there appears to be, because goodness is of its very nature modest and retiring.

Most people spend their lives vulnerable, relying on the rest of the world to not take advantage of it.

I must confess, I was born at a very early age.

To know God is to fear Him. And this fear is to love Him as He deserves to be loved.

The hammers must be swung in cadence, when more than one is hammering the iron.

I'm letting no man handle my bank account.

Modern politics is, at bottom, a struggle not of men but of forces.

So many things become beautiful when you really look.

A profile, a look, a voice, can capture a heart in no time at all.

I never, never ever make a charge without supporting it. You may not agree with me, but I always offer tremendous amount of support.