Instead of writing it wrong six times and then writing it right, I think it wrong six times and then write it right the seventh time.

I have the exact opposite problem of every writer I've ever met: Every writer I've ever met writes things that are too long, and they have to edit them down.

People who get married because they're in love make a ridiculous mistake. It makes much more sense to marry your best friend. You like your best friend more than anyone you're ever going to be in love with. You dont choose your best friend because they have a cute nose.

[On the writers she admires:] I prefer dead writers, because I don't see them at parties.

You're only as good as your last haircut.

Generally speaking, it is inhumane to detain a fleeting insight.

Writers have problems writing sex scenes, because writing one really well is pornography.