If I was in love with someone, I would get their picture out of the school yearbook and do portraits. If I was curious about sex, I would draw pictures of it. There were no books for me to look at. Then I would go find my father's matches to burn the paper.

An apology is the superglue of life. It can repair just about anything.

I had a terrible marriage the first time around because I had no self-confidence, even though I had tremendous self-confidence.

I know it sounds crazy, but I have had far more connection with my parents after their deaths.

My mother was a very literate person who had educated herself. She had an exceptional vocabulary.

I've had some tremendous adventures, good and bad. It's part of the novel, and a novel isn't interesting if it doesn't have some good and bad. And you don't know what good is if bad hasn't been a part of your life

Only a couple of times have I ever been to church and felt enlightened by it.