The thing about Republicans is that they don't care so much about respect, but they love fear, at least in others.

Fascination with horses predated every other single thing I knew. Before I was a mother, before I was a writer, before I knew the facts of life, before I was a schoolgirl, before I learned to read, I wanted a horse.

everything is toxic. That's the point. You can't avoid toxins. Thinking you can is just another symptom of the toxic overload stage.

Love is a general emotion. Marriage is exactingly specific.

Your sons weren't made to like you. That's what grandchildren are for.

Sinclair Lewis may be ripe for a revival; his books raise several interesting issues of art and fashion.

I'm a natural novelist. I'm interested in the person and the group, and how they mesh. And one of the ways I don't want them to mesh is for the person to be subsumed into the group.