A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.

I write lustily and humorously. It isn't calculated; it's the way I think. I've invented a writing style that expresses who I am.

Sex doesn't disappear, it just changes forms.

Ken, my husband, just smelled like he belonged to me. I'm not talking about hygiene. I'm talking about when you hug him, he either feels like a member of your tribe or not. It's their scent.

Sex just as a drive, as a hormonal drive, is not very interesting.

I'm not classically pretty; I've always been too heavy; I've had thyroid disease and it's very hard for me to lose weight - but I've always had men pursue me. I've always had that 'it' thing. God knows why. Maybe it's pheromones, I don't know.

I don't cook. My mother didn't cook. My daughter doesn't cook.