Always present yourself as a woman who expects to succeed.

Always present yourself as a woman who expects to succeed.

My dear girl, you must cultivate a taste for the finer things. Civilized pleasures give meaning to life.

A person with taste is merely one who can recognize the greatest beauty in the simplest things.

When you are a strong woman, you will attract trouble. When a man feels threatened, there is always trouble.

I work eight hours a day, but I'm not writing all that time. I'm thinking, editing, looking something up. Thinking is what I do a lot of.

It's different when the person you love dies. There's an awful finality to death. But it is final. The end. And there's the funeral, family gatherings, grieving, all of those necessary rituals. And they help, believe me. When the object of your love just disappears, there's no way to deal with the grief and pain.