I never read my reviews... not even the good ones. Barbra Streisand once told me, if just one person in the audience doesn't applaud, it bothers her. I'm the same way. I'd be devastated to read that someone didn't like my work.

The only way I could endure being a coward was if I was the only one who knew it.

Writing poetry and reading books causes brain damage.

Here is all I ask of a book- give me everything. Everything, and don't leave out a single word.

The pursuit of greatness means that laziness has no place in your life.

College was to teach me that I was one of life's journeymen, eager to excel but lacking the requisite gifts.

Her laughter was a shiny thing, like pewter flung high in the air.