I was always looking for the same man - a strong father figure.

You can't be disappointed unless you try something to be disappointed over.

... shouldn't everything you do matter if you're bothering at all? Not to hold on when it's over, that's the trick.

I was the original Cinderella girl, looking for the happy ending in the fairy story. But my fantasy prince never came.

The more you talk about them, the more important they will feel. The more you listen to them, the more important you will make them feel.

Marriage is good enough for the lower classes: they have facilities for desertion that are denied to us.

I feel very proud of the work from the '80s because it is very bright and colorful.

The ego constantly competes with the spirit for control over your inner voice.

Professional psychologists seem to think that they are the only people who make sense out of human actions. The rest of us know that everybody tries to do just this. What else is gossip?

While I'm doing [writing], I don't feel it.I don't think that's a failing. I think it's just a feature. Like, a feature of oneself.

Years ago, I tried to top everybody, but I don't anymore. I realized it was killing conversation. When you're always trying for a topper you aren't really listening. It ruins communication

To be right, be willing to admit you are wrong.

We are nearer neighbors to ourselves than the whiteness of snow or the weight of stones are to us: if man does not know himself, how should he know his functions and powers?

I like to say I'm not a Republican or a Democrat, I'm a Christ-o-crat.