Nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if it is the salt of the earth.

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence.

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.

All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears.

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.

The mind is its own enemy, that fights itself with the innumerable pliant and ineluctable arms of the octopus.

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind.

When God gives you a dream, He will grant you the grace to fulfil it.

It gripped her hand gently. 'Regret is for humans, ' it said.She laughed. 'Really?'The machine shrugged and let go of her hand. 'Oh, no. It's just something we tell ourselves.

Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.

If my husband cheated on me and embarrassed me like that, I will embarrass him more than he could ever imagine.

'Bombay Velvet' is my first film in a trilogy about Bombay, before it became a metropolis.

Live a lie, and you will live to regret it; that's what livin' is to me.

As I say, we Norwegians love our woolens, and you can buy some beautiful knitwear in Oslo. They might cost you a bit - but they will last.

I think the way I approach things has something to do with growing up and seeing my parents go to work every day.

Only sixteen players have hit fifty or more homers in a season. To me, that's a very special milestone.

Everywhere I go, I have my little Steinberger, and I like it very well.