Neurotics are awfully quick to notice other people's mentalities.

Give me a girl at an impressionable age and she is mine for life.

I see no reason to keep silent about my enjoyment of the sound of my own voice as I work.

The true novelist is one who understands the work as a continuous poem, is a myth-maker, and the wonder of the art resides in the endless different ways of telling a story.

To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul.

She wasn't a person to whom things happen. She did all the happenings.

Parents learn a lot from their children about coping with life.

It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles.

If you want to concentrate deeply on some problem, and especially some piece of writing or paper-work, you should acquire a cat . . .

If you're going to do a thing, you should do it thoroughly. If you're going to be a Christian, you may as well be a Catholic.

A rebellion against a tyrant is only immoral when it hasn't got a chance.

If life is for love, then start loving at this very moment.

If they're not willing to explore beyond the realm of their safety, certainty, and comfort, they will never know if their fantasies are true.

She would be half a planet away, floating in a turquoise sea, dancing by moonlight to flamenco guitar.

I find it boring and a waste of time debating other people’s opinions, however challenging my own is always intriguing and there is where I inevitably discover growth.

You're demonstrating a courage that most people can't even fathom: giving it all away in order to have yourself

Once I really maximize my potential-I don't know when that'll be, a year from now, three or four years from now-I think I can be one of the great ones.

[The Women's Room] is one of those pieces of fiction that reveals itself in a different way every time. It's incredible.

The one mistake which is committed habitually by people who have the gift of half-genius, is waiting for inspiration.

Since the days of slavery, if you were a good singer or dancer, it was your job to perform for the master after dinner.

Things that are bad for business are bad for the people who work for business.