It's very important for a writer to be unnoticed, as quiet and unnoticed as possible.

Murder, arson, adultery, drugging and drinking, cruel politics--reading a book crammed with such activities can make the timid and yearning among us feel like the happiest people in the world.

I am slow. A sentence often takes an hour to compose before I throw it out. What can you do?

They were relieved that I was chosen by a human being, " she'd said to Angelica in her dry voice. "They were braced for an interspecies liaison.

Still she wondered: did the present deliver up the future, or must you chase your destiny like a harpoonist?

Architecture is undistinguished, sometimes derelict, but occasionally, as in 'Post and Beam, ' there is something arresting in a setting... the building behind the Cathedral.

Love is a Strong Addiction that makes it Impossible to ignore those involved

I've forgotten who I had lunch with earlier, and even more important, where.

Hold fast to life and youth.

Love all your different sides, only then will immortality come to you.

I studied painting and sculpting at school and became an actress by mistake .... I've had many lovers and still have romances. I am very spoiled. All my life, I've had too many admirers.

The wise man hath his thoughts in his head; the fool, on his tongue.

Each departed friend is a magnet that attracts us to the next world.

The best advertising is done by satisfied customers.

Bluebeard, who said to Scottland Yard, How do I know how many wives I've killed? I'm not an accountant! Never got a dinner!

I gotta cut smoking or I'll never make track next year