Any life will seem dramatic if you omit mention of most of it.

the real killer was when you married the wrong person but had the right children.

It seems to me that the problem with diaries, and the reason that most of them are so boring, is that every day we vacillate between examining our hangnails and speculating on cosmic order.

I must say also that it's never worked to my disadvantage that I have long, blond hair.

It's gratifying that it does; I love to give readings.

The admiration of another writer’s work is almost in inverse proportion to similarities in style.

I think I write about things that are mysterious to me.