...filled her memory bank with shiny coins.

Why are women so ungenerous to other women? Is it because we have been tokens for so long? Or is there a deeper animosity we owe it to ourselves to ex

...readers who think I have answers when all I have are a few pointed questions...

How did I get to be a grown-up? At times, I find myself still sitting on the hillside, plotting revenge against the adult world.

Young women dream of romance and passion as men dream of conquest because those dreams are necessary goads to leaving home and growing up.

You're afraid of criticism, ' she says. 'But criticism is a sign of life! You know who doesn't get criticized? Nonentities! Only the dead escape criticism.

And what is laughter anyway? Changing the angle of vision.

I did not even finish my studies

What the warrior renounces is anything in his experience that is a barrier between himself and others. In other words, renunciation is making yourself more available, more gentle and open to others.

Anthropology never has had a distinct subject matter, and because it doesn't have a real method, there's a great deal of anxiety over what it is

I gave guitar lessons. I tried to join bands. My mom always said it was obvious that nothing was going to stop me.

Every actress has to face the facts there are younger, more beautiful girls right behind you. Once you've gone beyond the vanity of the business, you'll take on the tough roles.

As long as the state permits itself to interfere in the affairs of literature, literature has the right to interfere with the affairs of state.

I always liked serve-and-volley players and big athletes

For pleasure has no relish unless we share it.

The number of objects we see from living in a large city amuses the mind like a perpetual raree-show, without supplying it with any ideas.