That was a wonderful period in my life. I mean, I didn't become an artist, but somebody let me do something I loved. What a luxury, to do something you love to do.

Language is the tool of my trade -and I use them all - all the Englishes I grew up with

Her education only made her unhappy thinking about it - that no matter how much she changed her life, she could not change the world that surrounded her.

It means we're looking one way, while following another. We're for one side and also the other. We mean what we say, but our intentions are different.

I don't steer clear of genres. I simply haven't steered myself toward some of them.

If you are greedy, what is inside you is what makes you always hungry.

I let one thing result from another. Of course, all of it could have been just loosely connected coincidences. And whether that's true or not, I know the intention was there. Becasue when I want something to happen-or not happen- I begin to look at all events and all things as relevant, an opportunity to take or avoid.