Art is always an energy exchange.

In any triangle, who is the betrayer, who the unseen rival, and who the humiliated lover? Oneself, oneself, and no one but oneself!

Courage is the only Magic worth having.

Conflict is the soul of literature.

I remember everything but forgive anyway.

Not everybody has to be a parent. In fact, in an overpopulated world where our resources are shrinking, it would be wonderful if people who didn't want children felt free to say so. In the 1970s, there was more tolerance for the idea that not everybody needs to be a biological parent.

When I sit down at my writing desk, time seems to vanish. I think it's a wonderful way to spend one's life.