The violence of language consists in its effort to capture the ineffable and, hence, to destroy it, to seize hold of that which must remain elusive for language to operate as a living thing.

Going out and playing football or baseball with the boys, when I was a tomboy, was a great way to learn about winning and losing, and most girls didn't have that experience.

The artist's interest cannot be restricted to a single field; he must seek the highest perception of everything, of the whole and its details.

That's right! The women are smarter!

You don't sign up for a divorce when you get married. It's very painful. But it's taught me a great deal about myself.

The human body is something that I truly love, above all else.

I'm incapable of describing the feeling with which I left. I wouldn't want it ever to be repeated, but I would have considered myself unfortunate if I'd never experienced it.

I love good, fresh food cooked by someone who knows what he's doing.

Hate isn’t the most dangerous thing, he’d said. Indifference is.

It once occured to me that literature - all art really - is either talking to people about God, or talking to God about people.