Life Has No Plot. It Is By

You See A Lot Of Smart Guys With Dumb Women, But You Hardly Ever See A Smart Woman With A Dumb Guy.

I Was Always A Feminist. My Mother Was A Feminist; My Grandmother Was A Feminist. I Always Understood Women Had To Fight Very Hard To Do What They Wanted To Do In The World - That It Wasn't An Easy Choice. But I Think The Most Important Part Is That We All Want The Right To Be Taken Seriously As Human Beings, And To Use Our Talents Without Reservation, And That's Still Not Possible For Women.

The Trick Is Not How Much Pain You Feel - But How Much Joy You Feel

Writing Is One Of The Few Professions Left Where You Take All The Responsibility For What You Do. It's Really Dangerous And Ultimately Destroys You As A Writer If You Start Thinking About Responses To Your Work Or What Your Audience Needs.

Great Loves Have Legs And Wings. They Are Substantial. They Do Not Dissapate So Easily... Great Loves Have Staying Power. Or So I Told Myself.