I do not think writers or anybody would sit down and think they must write about some cause, or theme, or something. If they write about their own experiences, something true is going to emerge.

What women will say to other women grumbling in their kitchens and complaining and gossiping or what they make clear in their masochism is often the last thing they will say aloud - a man may overhear. Women are the cowards they are because they have been semi-slaves for so long.

Living in a small town anywhere means preserving one's self behind a mask.

Small things amuse small minds.

It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important.

You have to be grown up, really grown up, not merely in years, to understand your parents.

Dreams have always been my friend, full of information, full of warnings.