I might not be a good socialist, any more than I'm a good Christian, but I am one.

I wanted to be some kind of captain of industry. Then I wanted to be in advertising, and then I wanted to be a newspaper reporter.

In my books, women often solve the problem. Even if the woman is not the hero, she's a strong character. She does change the plot. She'll often rescue the male character from some situation.

What news? There's nothing to tell. I'm a nun.

She wanted to say 'I love you like a thunderstorm, like a lion, like a helpless rage'.

Why did people manufacture trouble when there was already so much of it in the world?

When you've lost everything, you've got nothing to lose.