I would always be a better hater of things and institutions than a lover of them.
One of the greatest gifts you can get as a writer is to be born into an unhappy family.
When men talk about the agony of being men, they can never quite get away from the recurrent theme of self-pity. And when women talk about being women, they can never quite get away from the recurrent theme of blaming men.
All life connects ... Nothing happens that is meaningless.
The most powerful words in English are, 'Tell me a story.'
I think I learned about the relationship between books and life from Margaret Mitchell.