It's a natural thing for people to say, you know, Who's in this book? I find myself get ting a little defensive. People come along and I'm waiting for that first question.

We are all the foolishness and all the crimes we did. We're also all the kindnesses we did. I hate to think of life as if we understood time. We don't understand time.

I've always enjoyed a woman's company more than men's. They're usually better looking.

My life is every moment of my life. It is not a culmination of the past.

Gossip is more popular than literature.

A thing well done is worth doing.

My grandmother made dying her life's work.