Most of today's film actress are typical of a mass-production age: living dolls who look as if they came off an assembly line . . .

If a woman is sufficiently ambitious, determined and gifted, there is practically nothing she can't do.

You have to go back to the Children's Crusade in 1212 AD to find as unfortunate and fatuous an attempt at manipulated hysteria as the Women's Liberation Movement.

In the final analysis, each of us is responsible for what we are. We cannot blame it on our mothers, who, thanks to Freud, have replaced money as the root of all evil.

A true piece of writing sets you free.

Shigemori's body of work is a compelling manifesto for continuous cultural renewal.

U.S. exports to China have more than quintupled since China entered the WTO and have grown more quickly than imports. In fact, China is America's fastest-growing export market.

I never really had novel-writing instruction like people do in MFA programs.

The sweetness of life lies in dispensing with formalities.

My life was very tenuous last year. My daughter's death, in March in 2007, was unexpected. It was a shock. I didn't know if I'd survive it.

If thou tastest a crust of bread, thou tastest all the stars and all the heavens.

Magic is natural. It is a harmonious movement of energies to create a needed change. If you wish to practice magic, all thoughts of it being paranormal or supernatural must be forgotten.

I have a natural resistance to being humiliated.

I thank God every day. That's all I can do. That, and try to help all those other guys who are trying to do what I did.