There can never be such a thing as a free market, because it is human nature to cheat, monopolize, and buy off others so as to corner the market.

Oh, that sound? I'm in the hot tub, reading a novel.

Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.

Every first draft is perfect, because all a first draft has to do is exist.

I suspected that there were things he knew that I had been waiting all my life to learn.

In many ways, being honest about 'Huckleberry Finn' goes right to the heart of whether we can be honest about our heritage and our identity as Americans.

Even if my marriage is falling apart and my children are unhappy, there is still a part of me that says, 'God, this is fascinating!'

Take naps. Often new ideas come together when you are half asleep, but you have to train yourself to remember them.

Candy is my fuel. Ice cream, too.

But what truly horsey girls discover in the end is that boyfriends, husbands, children, and careers are the substitute-for horses

In every society, the artists will be the ones who set themselves up as contrary to whatever the society expects.

Never join a conspiracy that you could possibly betray, because if you could, someone else will.

People think it's terribly sad to spend Christmas alone, but it's no sadder, really, than spending any other day alone, is it?

I believe that we parents must encourage our children to become educated, so they can get into a good college that we cannot afford.

Labor is rest from the sorrows that greet us; from all the petty vexations that meet us; from the sin-promptings that assail us; from the world-sirens that lure us to ill

I don't think I've shied away from anybody. I'm not scared. I respect hitters, but I'm not afraid.

The key to a successful marriage is accepting that you're not going to change the other person. And the words "Yes, dear. Whatever you want.

Backyards are as Australian as the Hills Hoists they host, and as individual as those who work and play in them. Whether haven, pantry or playground, they all tell a story.

There's a harsh reality - nothing lasts forever. You have to be ready to grow, and grow fast.

It's the music that pulls me in and makes me forget about my problems at home. Music is my drug, the one thing that makes me numb.

He, who survives his reputation, lives out of despite himself, like a man listening to his own reproach.