Writing seems to be the only profession people imagine you can do by thinking about doing it.

I remember adolescence, the years of having the impulse control of a mousetrap, of being as private as a safe-deposit box.

It's what the Taliban does in Afghanistan, it's what gets done in the Middle East, and it's clearly something that certain mainly conservative groups in the United States would like to do. They miss the good old days, when men were men and women were nothing.

I think the last couple of years of life for many, many people are the same as they were 50, 60, 70 years ago. They could be really tough because of infirmity.

My mother was an incredibly loving mother.

Don't ever confuse the two, your life and your work. The second is only part of the first.

high fashion has little to do with what women wear and a lot to do with what retailers mark down later.