If there's anything the world disdains more than uppity young women, it's uppity old women. Dying young has always been a woman's best career move.

A concern with 'public morality' is - if not the last refuge of a scoundrel - the first foray of the fascist.

I don't think that I had any idea that 'Fear of Flying' would become a part of the culture. I had no idea that it would go all over the world and be published in Chinese and Serbo-Croat and so on.

I am against censorship. I prefer the chaos of uncontrollable communication of all sorts to selective banning of certain materials. I do not think human beings can be trusted to be above politics and to promote the common good. One group's common good is another group's evil.

Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss. A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.

The sexuality doesn't end. It really doesn't. You're sexual your whole life, if you're a sexual person.

When everyone thinks they know you, it's hard not to be guarded.