There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.

Without the gods, how would I sing?' I asked. With your own voice,' he said.

The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.

Each day that I don't write I get more fragmented.

Most sex doesn't really bring people together. You have to reach a certain level of connection, I think, and that's pretty rare.

Women's books are kind of discriminated against. If a man writes a book about his family stories, people think of it as literature. If it's a woman, she's 'spilling her guts,' and it's not art.

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.