When a child dies, it breaks the pattern, the most fundamental pattern in life.

Oh God, modern life with all its feelings. ... We live in the most callous society ever, and all anybody talks about nowadays is getting in touch with their feelings. ... The world has become one enormous group therapy session. It's a terrible bore. My motto is, 'Thank you for not sharing!

It's much more interesting to try and understand what binds two people together. Why we stay with each other is much more of a mystery than why we don't.

Early on, my abandoning father had set the pattern of my love life on the loom of my subconscious.

dating is like campaigning: you don't reveal who you really are or what you're really up to until you get elected.

The key to life is imagination.

I may not remember, but I never forget.