No man can always have adequate reasons for buying or selling stocks daily - or sufficient knowledge to make his play an intelligent play.

But then, that was the problem with pretty toy stitches. When real life got hold of them, they always tore out.

In the progressive growth of astronomy, physics or mechanical science was developed, and when this had been, to a certain degree, successfully cultivated, it gave birth to the science of chemistry.

Being insulted offers you an opportunity to practice decency and having a non-response internally.

I like working on things that are very different and that involve different disguises.

I'm not done yet making people miserable. If they're going to make me miserable, then I'm going to make them miserable.

I'm pretty disciplined to keep the momentum of a story going by writing everyday, even if it's only a couple paragraphs or a page or two.

Vegetarianism serves as the criterion by which we know that the pursuit of moral perfection on the part of humanity is genuine and sincere.

I'm an appalling flyer. I get very tense, although I no longer weep uncontrollably for no reason - I just sob if there's turbulence.

In the end, my pursuit of the elusive New York State driver's license became about much more than a divorced woman's learning to drive for the first time.

I firmly believe that if you're really unhappy with something, then you should go ahead and change it.