People always say, "Can writing be taught?" I always think, I can teach you how to write a better sentence, how to do dialogue, how to do character, but I can't teach you how to be a decent person, and I can't teach you how to have something to say.

If what a person wants is his life, he tends to be quiet about wanting anything else. Once the life begins to seem secure, one feels the freedom to complain.

We have different kinds of intimacy with many, many people. I'm disappointed by well-written novels that only deal with two or three people.

People gave me such a bad time about wanting a baby. I didn't want a baby, and I still don't. I wanted a dog.

The love between humans is the thing that nails us to the earth.

I am sure every writer has this and probably every newscaster, that people are always coming up to me and saying, my daughter wants to do what you do, my godson, my tennis partner.

You can't always trust what you think, what you know ... but you can always trust your nature.