Don't tear up the page and start over again when you write a bad line-try to write your way out of it. Make mistakes and plunge on. Writing is a means of discovery, always.

They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days.

Love has the power to rescue us and not let go, otherwise it isn't love

A good newspaper is never nearly good enough but a lousy newspaper is a joy forever.

I want to resume the life of a shy person.

Don't pour the oil directly into my navel, pour it on my sternum and let it run down into my navel, you ignorant peasant.

Intelligence is like four-wheel drive. It only allows you to get stuck in more remote places.