Writers are encouraged to "keep 'em laughing" and complain "with good humor" in order to "win" allies. The joke is always on ourselves.

We think of poverty as a condition simply meaning a lack of funds, no money, but when one sees fifth, sixth, and seventh generation poor, it is clear that poverty is as complicated as high finance.

I think women need kindness more than love. When one human being is kind to another, it's a very deep matter.

Some feminists feel that a woman should never be wrong. We have a right to be wrong.

writing is a labor of love and also an act of defiance, a way to light a candle in a gale wind.

Thoughts can hurt like real pain.

Everybody's got some sin, but if it troubles your heart you're a gentle sinner, just a good soul gone wrong.