My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music.

Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations.

And the rest is rust and stardust.

Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.

Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes, they throw the cigarettes away: that’s when you get shooting stars.

Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.

The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them.

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.

I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is.

Loneliness as a situation can be corrected, but as a state of mind it is an incurable illness.

The most important thing is to be whatever you are without shame.

I was the first size 14 model to be featured in an ad in the magazine,I was the first size 14 model on the cover!

I was in a supermarket and I saw Paul Newman's face on salad dressing and spaghetti sauce....I thought he was missing.

I'm very competitive, and my ego couldn't handle that lack of success

If each and everyone endeavours to cooperate and work in as much as his capacity permits, our faith rests upon the Almighty God that he would bless the results for us

Peace need not be impracticable, and war need not be inevitable.

I think if you have the compulsion to write, you're not going to feel whole until you start putting words on paper.

There are some days when I, myself, think I'm overrated... but not today.

I was aware of my success, but I never stopped trying to get better.

I've never for a second felt like my job has been more of a struggle because I'm a woman.