Tell me, who is behind a great woman? That's right. No one. She has to get there herself.

I fell back into my favorite chair and tucked my hands between my knees to stop them from shaking. I sucked in a deep breath, held it, and marveled at my own transformation into a ridiculous ninny.

Fate.A word meaning destiny.Fate. A word meaning doom.

Travel definitely affects me as a writer.

Just seeing the things on TV and the things in front of you, the amount of information coming in, and the lack of information not coming in, how could you not help but write songs about it.

Quebec from the boat looked like the ramparts where Hamlet's ghost might have walked.

The English are a nation of consummate cant.

When you are offended at anyone's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. By attending to them, you will forget your anger and learn to live wisely.

Watch people do their most common actions; these are indeed the things that will tell you the real character of a great person.

We sent out 3,000 Valentines to the ladies, asking them to be my voter.

An author writes a book, and that's the book at that point. And if the author writes the book again, then somehow something has gone wrong, if you see what I mean.