Every woman is just a different kind of problem.

Everyone holds a certain type of power. For young people, it's their youth, their attractiveness, and their energy. But they're terrified that as those qualities fade, what are they going to replace that form of power with?

I have a lot of money.

No one wants to admit we're addicted to music. That's just not possible. No one's addicted to music and television and radio. We just need more of it, more channels, a larger screen, more volume. We can't bear to be without it, but no, nobody's addicted. We could turn it off anytime we wanted. I fit a window frame into a brick wall. With a little brush, the size for fingernail polish, I glue it. The window is the size of a fingernail. The glue smells like hair spray. The smell tastes like oranges and gasoline.

When you don't share your problems, you resent hearing the problems of other people.

This is less teaching than damage control. You may as well paint a house that’s on fire.

Only in death will we have our own names since only in death are we no longer part of the effort. In death we become heroes.