I have noticed before that there is a category of acquaintanceship that is not friendship or business or romance, but speculation, fascination.

I suspected that there were things he knew that I had been waiting all my life to learn.

When 'The Awakening' was published it was considered so scandalous it was banned in the author's home-town library, and she herself was barred from the Fine Arts Club in the same city. What the novel has to offer, among other things, is honesty.

Before I write a novel, images float around in my head that work like icons - they are meaningless in themselves, but serve as reminders.

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

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

Whatever you love is beautiful; love comes first, beauty follows. The greater your capacity for love, the more beauty you find in the world.