One writes not by will but by surrender.

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.

The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one's nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.

My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and adorable daughters wonder why feminism had become a dirty word.

Save me, I need you, life is sad without you

People today expect too much from marriage. Getting married is really like taking on a big new job.

It is a pleasure to be able to quote lines to fit any occasion.

I love to cook. But I'm a bit rubbish. I tend to start something and then dip into a book or have a conversation and come back and everything's burnt.

It's so important to know where you are.

I wrote short stories when I was a teenager, but they weren't any good and I kinda knew it.

I think it's an important time not to Google myself.

In analysing history do not be too profound, for often the causes are quite superficial.

I'm a person who really doesn't dwell on the past.

I had no dream of being a movie star.