I wrote a great deal of verse. In fact, every time I fell in love, which was rather often, I burst into the emotional sort of thing which is perennially salable.

There was never any question with me as to which I would choose, my boy or my work. I had to have both.

...feminism differs from reform of any kind, even franchise reform. Feminists, I should say, are not reformers at all, but ratherintellectual biologists and psychologists.

...a mind, if given only the best food never craves any other.

The female warrior knows how to fight without violence. She knows when not to raise her sword, but instead hold up her heart. Her shield is not a defense against others but a shelter for all.

Love was like swallowing a cili padi whole.

When you trust, you are tender and delicate, but when you doubt, you are dangerous and destructive

A book is meant not only to be read, but to haunt you, to importune you like a lover or a parent, to be in your teeth like a piece of gristle.

It becomes tricky, and you start to think about the cramps rather than just actually what you're trying to do on the court, which is obviously win the match.

All your horse looks for is the thing that matters most, peace and contentment. Give it to him.

I need to have the ball at my feet. That's when I know anything is possible.

Never paint your wife or your mother.

The frontier between public and private shifts from time to time and culture to culture.

I'm a stand-up comedian-turned-actor-turned-vampire at night.