The mysteries of the female sex! We men can never hope to fathom your depths, but only try not to drown in them.

If my favorite, most comfortable place is by our fireplace in cold weather, expedient places are on an airplane, in a waiting room or even waiting in line; frequently these days, while on the phone having been 'put on hold.'

Sometimes I stumble upon a wonderfully irresistible to me voice, unexpectedly.

Why is humanism not the preeminent belief of humankind?

Before you can write a novel you have to have a number of ideas that come together. One idea is not enough.

I don't know what marriages are like in general, but there are many things which I don't talk about with my husband. We discuss practical problems, but I wouldn't sit down with him and talk about the distant past. It's somewhat in contrast to other Americans, who feel that they have to confess things, but I'm really not like that.

At a time when politics deals in distortions and half truths, truth is to be found in the liberal arts. There's something afoot in this country and you are very much a part of it.