in freeing myself from the romantic dream of finding another man to come along and rescue me, I learned that no one can rescue me except myself.

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 imagine a line, a white line, painted on the sand and on the ocean, from me to you.

Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.

The writer's life: Hard days, lots of work, no money, too much silence. Nobody's fault. You chose it.

It tells him what to say. I know it sounds ridiculous, ” muttered Hugh.“How can a book tell a man what to say?

Did you just use juxtaposition in a sentence?" "Yes, Sage" he said patiently. "We use it all the time with art, ... That, and I know how to use a dictionary

My mother became much older when I came out (ed's note: of detention). She had problems with her hearing and high blood pressure. But they still support me.

When I was a teenager, I got into four track recorders, drum machines, and synthesizers, and I started producing instrumental music.

You go see 'Timothy Green,' and tell me if it doesn't rock your world. I loved it. I loved every frame of it.

Global food insecurity is increasing...the slim excess of growth in food production over population is narrowing.

Part of the reason I wrote the book was I wanted to understand for myself why such good people let themselves get treated so badly.