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

Friends love misery... our misery is what endears us to our friends.

I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.

I prefer to work in the morning. I get up now at five in the morning. In the morning is when I feel freshest.

I think men have always been afraid of women's sexuality, and the restrictions they put on women testify to that.

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

Women are their own worst enemies. And guilt is the main weapon of self-torture . . . Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man.