Why do analysts always answer a question with a question?

Writing about sex turns out to be just writing about life.

As a seasoned insomniac, I knew sometimes the way to beat sleeplessness was to outwit it: to pretend you didn't care about sleeping. Then sometimes sleep became piqued, like a rejected lover, and crept up to try to seduce you.

Perhaps every generation thinks of itself as a lost generation and perhaps every generation is right.

My generation had Doris Day as a role model, then Gloria Steinem--then Princess Diana. We are the most confused generation.

art is not advocacy and advocacy is not art.

Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.