A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.

Loving someone is a loss of freedom - but one doesn't think of it as loss because one gains so much else.

I write slowly by hand. Publishing is effectively bankrupt for you unless you are Danielle Steele. It takes a year to write book and advances are going down or disappearing.

Every time I catch myself saying, "Oh no, you shouldn't try that," I think, "Yes, I should."

No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.

we all carry the Houses of our Youth inside, and our Parents, too, grown small enough to fit within our Hearts.

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.