Charity has always been a expression of the guilty consciences of a ruling class.

What the feminists want of me is something they haven't examined because it comes from religion. They want me to bear witness.

I'm always astounded at the way we automatically look at what divides and separates us. We never look at what people have in common.

She was thirty-nine. No, she did not envy her eighteen-year- old self at all. But she did envy, envied every day more bitterly, that young girl's genuine independence, largeness, scope, and courage.

Is there any delight as great as the child's discovering ability?

All I do is give interviews and spend time being photographed.

Advice to young writers? Always the same advice: learn to trust our own judgment.