Never let anyone shame you into doing anything you don't choose to do. Keep your identity.

Yes, there's one thing I do want. I want to be aware of the minutes and the seconds, and to make each one count.

A man must feel he runs things, but as long as you control yourself, you control him.

Never judge anyone by another's opinions. We all have different sides that we show to different people.

Never let anyone shame you into doing anything you don't choose to do. Keep your identity.

I wanted to write it long before I wrote Every Night, Josephine! I'd been thinking about it a long time.

I don't think any novelist should be concerned with literature…literature should be left to essayists.