The 1960s was probably the first time in history that young people were recognized as a big group of consumers and as a commercial proposition for Madison Avenue. Advertising played a major role in creating the ethos of that era - the idea that, "Here it is, and you can have it now." I know that many kids thought that the ethos of the 1960s was due to their own peculiar virtues, but, in fact, it had a lot to do with the realities of the marketplace and commerce.

It's amazing what you find out about yourself when you write in the first person about someone very different from you.

Small things amuse small minds.

There is a whole generation of women and it was as if their lives came to a stop when they had children. Most of them got pretty neurotic - because, I think, of the contrast between what they were taught at school they were capable of being and what actually happened to them.

Words. Words. I play with words, hoping that some combination, even a chance combination, will say what I want.

Parents should leave books lying around marked "forbidden" if they want their children to read.

We are all creatures of the stars.