Conflict is the soul of literature.

You reach a point in life where you realize that you might as well do what you need to do, because your being loved or not being loved is really a function of the people you encounter and not of yourself. That is an immensely liberating insight.

each of us only feels the torn lining of his own coat and sees the wholeness of the other person's.

I was surprised by my daughter's generation and how they were rebelling against the '70s idea that sex was perfect and it should be sought.

As long as I'm facing the right direction, it doesn't matter the size of my steps.

Having stopped expecting truth, we rarely get it.

it is not unusual to hate great writers before we learn to love them. Because they have created something that did not yet exist, they must also create their audience. Sometimes the audience is not yet ready. Sometimes it has yet to be born.