You were made to be kissed, often and well.

One of the hardest parts of writing is writing from the gut or the heart or something like that rather than intellectually.

He wants you to smile and smell sweet and be his lady love. He wants to hear you recite all your pretty little words the way the septa taught you. He wants you to love him... and fear him.

Do you want to die old and craven in your bed?- How else? Though not till I'm done reading.

Mothers." The man made a word sound like a curse. "I think birthing does something to your minds. You are all mad.

I was a novelist first. But in the mid 80s, I did work in television for ten years. And yes, that was frequently the reaction to my scripts. People would say, you know, George, this is great. We love it, a terrific script, but it would cost five times our budget to shoot this.

Men have scars, women mysteries.