Writing novels preserves you in a state of innocence - a lot passes you by - simply because your attention is otherwise diverted.

Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is very rare because most people are strategists.

Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything.

Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has.

Romanticism is not just a mode; it literally eats into every life. Women will never get rid of just waiting for the right man.

Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.

Always let them think of you as singing and dancing.

You never know what you will learn till you start writing. Then you discover truths you never knew existed.

The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.

Dr Weiss, at forty, knew that her life had been ruined by literature.

A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar.

How was I supposed to know ‘lucked out’ means ‘I got screwed over’ in Australian?

Love them that hate you, but you can't love those you hate.

She wanted to kiss him.No.It was one thing to return his kiss

I think you can't dip your toe in and dip your toe out. I think either you're in it or you're not.

The foreign policy of this government is driven by politics - to extend a revolution worldwide. My objective with regards to foreign relations is to benefit all Venezuelans.

I never knew any man cured of inattention.

The United States invaded Iraq to gain control of one of the major sources of the world's energy.

Some men are tempted to violate secrecy from the uneasiness secrecy gives them, and others, merely to impress you with the extent of their confidence.

I never really make a film unless I feel like it's going to be personal and intimate, but also relevant to the audience.

I want people to enjoy reaching out and making their dreams come true.