No one seemed able to look at themselves, coolly, from the outside. Their reality was all that could be seen in the light cast ahead by their own wishful thinking.

If you do nothing unexpected, nothing unexpected happens.

Nothing happens, and nothing happens, and then everything happens.

There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.

Only one thing registers on the subconscious mind: repetitive application - practice. What you practice is what you manifest.

I didn't even know I was a feminist until I read it on the back of one of my own books.

The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting through to the outside world.

Fiction stretches our sensibilities and our understanding, as mere information never can.

Marriage is a very difficult relationship for nearly everyone and I'm sure you shouldn't do it if you want a quiet little easy life.

guilt to motherhood is like grapes to wine

She could see that to lose a sibling was hard: it could only seem unnatural:out of time, out of order, a vicious re-run of your own departure into nothingness.

manic depression is the result of the sum of repetitiveness in life and expecting a different result.

In the '60s not everybody was wearing flowers in their hair and flowing caftans.

Shouldn't we be against procreation at this point in time? With overpopulation and the strain on the resources on this planet? Shouldn't we reward people who don't spawn?

When you love people like Jesus, you get messy. But messy looks good on you!

I think that everyone is kind of confused about the information they get from the media and rightly so. I'm confused about the information I get from the media.

Knowledge does not enrich us; it removes us more and more from the mythic world in which we were once at home by right of birth.

It's not at all hard to understand a person; it's only hard to listen without bias

America's making a long-term commitment to help the people of Lebanon because we believe every person deserves to live in a free, open society that respects the rights of all.

Friends are the best therapy.

In Cuba we have one party, but in the U.S. there is very little difference. Both parties are an expression of the ruling class.