I don't think it's shameful to admit that some days your time can be better spent reading than writing.

In some ways I think it would be very dignified if I went away for twenty years and then wrote my fourth book.

I just think that people are complicated, both men and women. It happens that I write more about women.

There are so many people who are so much better qualified to write about politics than I am.

She nodded, jotting something in her notebook. You’re writing that down? Has the interview started?” Lee, whenever you’re talking to a reporter, you’re being interviewed.

At that time in my life, no conclusion was a bad conclusion. Something ended, and you stopped wishing and worrying. You could consider your mistakes, and you might be embarrassed by them, but the box was sealed, the door was shut, you were no longer immersed in the confusing middle.

If a man wants to be romantically involved with you, he tries to kiss you. That's the entire story, and if he doesn't kiss you, there is never a reason to wait around for him.