Your sons weren't made to like you. That's what grandchildren are for.

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.

When you believe the TRUTH, there's an incredible freedom. You're free to live without fear.

Most people think that if you do not love yourself fully, no one else will. That is not true. People are perfectly capable of giving love even if they feel less confident about themselves.

I know you love me. The question is, how much?

And for a sucker play a man gets sucker pay; for the paymaster is on the job and never losses the pay envelope that is coming to you.

Socialist democracy is not a luxury but an absolute, essential necessity for overthrowing capitalism and building socialism.

I hope the exit is joyful and i hope never to return.

Don't lose who you are in the blur of the stars Seeing is deceiving, dreaming is believing

I grew up in a very bohemian environment in southern Sweden, so I was always, always, always in black jeans.

It was in the year 1820, when I was nearly nine years old, that I first went to a regular school.

The door to a balanced success opens widest on the hinges of hope and encouragement.