Writers are always at the edge of the inferno, and the fire is licking at our toes. Luckily, this turns us on!

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.

I've always loved fixing broken things.If something fixed by myself caused a smile, I'd feel saved. In that case it would be worth it. And I was delighted.

Of all unfortunate men one of the unhappiest is a middling author endowed with too lively a sensibility for criticism.

I really believe you get what you're supposed to get.

I can tell you that I'd rather be kissed by my dogs than by some people I've known.

my 6 foot goddess makes me laugh the laughter of the mutilated who still need love... she has saved me from everything that is not here

The Art of Love: knowing how to combine the temperament of a vampire with the discretion of an anemone.

Jesus' blood was shed for us all; what remains is for us to accept His sacrifice in faith and obedience.

Mass civil disobedience is like an earthquake, a sort of general upheaval on the political plane.

Worry has never done anyone any good, and it is very much worse than mere dissipation of psychic energy, for it substantially curtails the joy and fullness of life.

You never have a friend all figured out. Just when you think you know what makes them tick, they tock.