Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I'm doing something right.

Venice, that capital city of dream and intrigue, that double city (one above and seemingly solid, one below, wavering and reflected in the waters), which never disappoints.

If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.

What I discovered was is that it's rare to find a person that you feel very intimate with, and you can sleep with lots of people and not find what you're looking for.

The words carry their own momentum. A confession in motion tends to stay in motion. Newton's first law of jealousy.

All authors know that any book is a casting of runes, a reading of cards, a map of the palm and heart. We make up the ocean - then fall in. But we also write the life raft.

Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man.