There weren't too many books by women that were taught in school, so I read those on my own, and the books I read were as accessible as the ones we were reading in school.

A love story, at least a convincing one, requires three elements - the lover, the beloved, and the adventures they have together.

Respect and fear are two different things.

Novelists never have to footnote.

There are hundreds of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings around the United States and in other countries, too. Wright lived into his 90s, and one of his most famous buildings, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, was completed just before his death. Wright buildings look like Wright buildings - that is their paradox.

Love is a general emotion. Marriage is exactingly specific.

How will you know a good farmer when you meet him? He will not ask you for any favors.