She held herself very straight, like Audrey Hepburn, whom all women idolize and men never think about.

It was possible to feel superior to other people and feel like a misfit at the same time.

Planning is for the world's great cities, for Paris, London, and Rome, for cities dedicated, at some level, to culture. Detroit, on the other hand, was an American city and therefore dedicated to money, and so design had given way to expediency.

I spend most of every day writing. I like to write every day if I can. I don't start extremely early.

A seven-year-old girl can take only so many walks with her grandfather.

Detroit's a great music town. If your interaction with it was mainly musical, I'm sure you have a good opinion of the place.

A girl's not a watermelon you plug a hole in to see if it's sweet.