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

People are terrified. A lot of them are in relationships that aren't satisfying, and if you tell them they can change their life, they get really scared.

You don't get to choose what you get famous for and you don't get to control which of your life's many struggles gets to stand for you.

This is the sad bed of chosen chastity because you are miles and mountains away.

My grandchildren are fabulous and funny.

I was always a feminist. My mother was a feminist; my grandmother was a feminist. I always understood women had to fight very hard to do what they wanted to do in the world - that it wasn't an easy choice. But I think the most important part is that we all want the right to be taken seriously as human beings, and to use our talents without reservation, and that's still not possible for women.

We find our calling or it finds us, and it's a sin against the fates not to use your talent when you have it.