Money...buys privacy, silence. The less money you have, the noisier it is; the thinner your walls, the closer your neighbors.... The first thing you notice when you step into the house or apartment of a rich person is how quiet it is.

If there had been a job of being a reader, I would have taken that, because I love to read and I don't love to write. That would be blissful.

I write so slowly, I could write with my own blood and not hurt myself.

The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should disdain the superficial and let the true beauty of one's soul shine through. If there are places on your body where this is a possibility, you are not attractive - you are leaking.

I've never had the experience of being edited and never will.

I drove a cab. But all the girls I knew when I was young who had to work - there were rich girls - but the ones who had to work were waitresses. Because you could always get shifts in a restaurant.

I don't like the kind of country living where you have to help. I like country living where there is help.