The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon.

A kiss is only as sweet as the heart that gives it.

You have to simply love writing, and you have to remind yourself often that you love it.

The Empire State, a lonely dinosaur, rose sadly at midtown, highest tower, tallest mountain, longest road, King Kong's eyrie, meant to moor airships, alas.

If you would understand your own age read the works of fiction produced in it. People in disguise speak freely.

Architecture is a very dangerous job. If a writer makes a bad book, eh, people don't read it. But if you make bad architecture, you impose ugliness on a place for a hundred years.

It has been said that I make chick flicks. This is not a compliment.

What I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid?

I was really lucky that I had an aunt who was very inspiring to me. She was different than anybody in my family on either side.

When the bird of the heart begins to sing, too often will reason stop up her ears.

So, the world happens twice-- once what we see it as; second it legends itself deep, the way it is.