The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency.

Love is an indescribable sensation - perhaps a conviction, a sense of certitude.

Her wish to die was as pervasive as a dial tone: you lift the receiver, it's always there.

Before I undertake a lengthy project, I have usually given much thought to it over a period of years. My files are filled with likely subjects - which perhaps, one day, I will develop.

The appeal of writing is primarily the investigation of mystery.

The danger of motherhood. you relive your early self, through the eyes of your mother.

I'm nobody's daughter now. I'm through with that.