It goes without saying that your friends are usually the first to discuss your personal business behind your back.

I'm the only one who can stop me.. I'm the one who's been sitting at the stoplight all these years, waiting for the light to turn green.

Writing is my shelter. I don't hide behind the words; I use them to dig inside my heart to find the truth.

If you jump to conclusions, you make terrible landings.

Pay attention to the things that agitate you. It will tell you a lot about yourself.

It's amazing how we can make ourselves believe what we want to.

People like to run their mouths.

Writing is the only place I can be myself and not feel judged.

Few writers are willing to admit writing is autobiographical.

As a writer, you get to bring attention to something without preaching. I don't believe in being didactic. So if you dramatize something, you automatically bring attention to it if people read it.

I'm more interested in interpersonal relationships - between lovers families, siblings. That's why I write about how we treat each other.

Oh well... I'd just been thinking, if you had died, you'd have been welcome to share my toilet.

A corner is important. It provides privacy and an anchor and lets you exist independently of the room.

There are no gods, no nations, no money and no human rights, except in our collective imagination.

If women want any rights more than they's got, why don't they just take them, and not be talking about it.

You could own coins but you couldn't have bars of gold. We were on the gold standard. I think it was Nixon who took us off the gold standard.

Our culture is just too comfortable in creating these kind of divisions between culture.

I hide hurt behind a fake smile. I wear it all the time. Everyone says how I always look so cheerful. Shows what they know I guess.

Now, I don't make decisions as fast as I used to.

The less money you owe, the less income you'll need and the less you'll have to save for tomorrow.

I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible? and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary.