No one but me ever put a hand on me to feel that baby. No one wanted to put his ear against it and listen...You shouldn't have a baby if there's no one who wants to feel it kick or listen to it move.

All men are liars, said Roberta Muldoon, who knew this was true because she had once been a man.

We will often do anything to pretend that nothing is on our minds.

If you feel strongly about people having abortions, don't have one. But we are a country - USA - that likes to be punitive. We want to restrict. It is a kind of religious fervor run amuck.

I feel more a part of the wrestling community than I feel I belong to the community of arts and letters. Why? Because wrestling requires even more dedication than writing because wrestling represents the most difficult and rewarding objective that I have ever dedicated myself to; because wrestling and wrestling coaches are among the most disciplined and self-sacrificing people I have ever known.

I have learned that the consequences of our past actions are always interesting; I have learned to view the present with a forward-looking eye.

It doesn't really matter who said it - it's so obviously true. Before you can write anything, you have to notice something.