Childhood is the province of the imagination and when I immerse myself in it, I re-create it as it was, as it could have been, as I wanted - and didn't want - it to be.

The heavenly light you admire is fossil-light, it's the unfathomably distant past you gaze into, stars long extinct

An actress wants to be seen. An actress wants to be loved. By multitudes of people, not just one lone man.

Honorary degrees and lifetime achievement awards are very encouraging. I know that it might sound strange that a writer who has published many books still needs encouragement, but this is true.

A diverse and lively collection, the highest art of the interview.

The best revenge is living well without you.

It's a taboo subject. How the dead are betrayed by the living. We who are living--we who have survived--understand that our guilt is what links us to the dead. At all times we can hear them calling to us, a growing incredulity in their voices, You will not forget me -- will you? How can you forget me? I have no one but you.