writing is the loneliest job in the world. There's always that frustrating chasm to bridge between the concept and the writing of it. We're a harassed tribe, we writers.

Any work of art ... is great when it makes you feel that its creator has dipped into your very heart for his sensation.

A woman is not a whole woman without the experience of marriage. In the case of a bad marriage, you win if you lose. Of the two alternatives - bad marriage or none - I believe bad marriage would be better. It is a bitter experience and a high price to pay for fulfillment, but it is the better alternative.

It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.

Some people think they are worth a lot of money just because they have it.

I'm not happy when I'm writing, but I'm more unhappy when I'm not.

I would rather regret what I have done than what I have not.