write with honesty and don't worry about the feelings of others, because no matter what you say, they'll hate you anyway.

She never imagined a scenario in which her love was not returned with the same depth of feeling, for to her it was impossible to believe that a love of such magnitude could have stunned only her. The most elementary logic and justice indicated that somewhere in the city he was suffering the same delicious torment.

A book is not an end in itself; it is only a way to touch someone - a bridge extended across a space of loneliness and obscurity - and sometimes it is a way of winning other people to our causes.

After fifty most of the bullshit is gone.

She sowed in my mind the idea that reality is not only what we see on the surface; it has a magical dimension as well and, if we so desire, it is legitimate to enhance it and color it to make our journey through life less trying.

I have a very acute sense of place and time, so all of my stories are rooted in a place and a time.

I tend to see the similarities in people and not the differences.