It sounds so far away and different. I like different places. I like any places that isn't here.

A story must simmer in its own juice for months or even years before it's ready to serve.

There is an interesting resemblance in the speeches of dictators, no matter what country they may hail from or what language they may speak.

I think in order to write really well and convincingly, one must be somewhat poisoned by emotion, dislike, displeasure, resentment, fault-finding, imagination, passionate remonstrance, a sense of injustice-they all make fine fuel.

If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics.

Spring ... made fair false promises which summer was called upon to keep.

Take Texas the way Texas takes bourbon. Straight. It goes down easier.