A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim.

Sometimes all you need in love is to make each other happy, to make each other laugh. So long as you can still do that ten years down the line then I think you're gold. Never let the laughter slip from your relationship.

When I'm writing, I write. And then it's as if the muse is convinced that I'm serious and says, 'Okay. Okay. I'll come.'

We write for the same reason that we walk, talk, climb mountains or swim the oceans - because we can. We have some impulse within us that makes us want to explain ourselves to other human beings.

Let me tell so much truth. I want to tell the truth in my work. The truth will lead me to all.

I’ve got a magic charm That I keep up my sleeve, I can walk the ocean floor And never have to breathe.

Growing up at my grandmother's table, she always had rice. She might do something as exotic as potatoes or spaghetti, but there was still always rice, just in case you needed a little rice fix.