I was always furious because you couldn't take out more than three books in one day. You would go home with your three books and read them and it would still be only five o'clock. The library didn't shut till half past, but you couldn't change the books till the next day.

I know that I'm a real writer because sometimes I write a story just because I want to; not because someone's told me to.

Writing is an act of generosity toward other people.

Marriage is a very difficult relationship for nearly everyone and I'm sure you shouldn't do it if you want a quiet little easy life.

Every time you open your wardrobe, you look at your clothes and you wonder what you are going to wear. What you are really saying is 'Who am I going to be today?

The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting through to the outside world.

The peculiar need to write is increased, it seems, rather than allayed with practice.