It's no fun to be a bluestocking in a family of jockstraps.

My books and other works are my legacy, and it's a great comfort to know that mine is a legacy of pleasure for other people.

Once I've got the first draft down on paper then I do five or six more drafts, the last two of which will be polishing drafts. The ones in between will flesh out the characters and maybe I'll check my research.

Truly God was good, to make man so blind.

Twelve thousand miles of it, to the other side of the world. And whether they came home again or not, they would belong neither here, nor there, for they would have lived on two continents and sampled two different ways of life.

My husband says it is very good that I have very tiny feet, because they're easier to get in my mouth.

There are no ambitions noble enough to justify breaking someone's heart.