That was probably the mistake of my generation, that we thought that having sex with anyone would be intimate and it wasn't.

They keep saying the right person will come along. I think mine got hit by a truck.

That was probably the mistake of my generation, that we thought that having sex with anyone would be intimate and it wasn't.

I have forgotten my rave reviews and memorized my vicious ones - like most writers.

People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn't. Social attitudes don't change in a straight line. There's always a backlash against progressive ideas.

There is no loneliness like the loneliness of a dead marriage.

The hardest part is believing in yourself at the notebook stage. It is like believing in dreams in the morning.