Beware of the man who denounces psychiatrists; / he is afraid.

You can't be creative and still be a good girl.

I don't think you will ever fully understand how you've touched my life and made me who I am. I don't think you could ever know just how truly special you are that even on the darkest nights you are my brightest star

I believe I belong to the last literary generation, the last generation, that is, for whom books are a religion.

We've lost more men to homosexuality than we ever did in two world wars.

I have enormous pride in the survival of the Jewish people, the cultural heritage of the Jewish people, but I'm not observant, and I don't belong to a synagogue. I don't go to temple on high holy days, but I'm proud to be Jewish.

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.