We've lost our sense of ethics; we live in a world of small-mindedness, of gratification without happiness and actions without meaning.

Fiction happens in the womb. It doesn't get processed in the mind until you do the editing.

A memoir forces me to stop and remember carefully. It is an exercise in truth. In a memoir, I look at myself, my life, and the people I love the most in the mirror of the blank screen. In a memoir, feelings are more important than facts, and to write honestly, I have to confront my demons.

Only in romance novels or in thrillers people live outside of a social and political context.

The success occurs in a place outside of me, and doesn't touch me on an intimate level. I live in my own skin, I have not changed greatly, I remain the same woman.

Today's girls are tomorrow's women - and leaders.

You only have what you give. It’s by spending yourself that you become rich.