I tried to write worse but it was no good; my generalizations came out as before, each more exquisite than the last. I grew discouraged.

A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.

You can make a sordid thing sound like a brilliant drawing-room comedy. Probably a fear we have of facing up to the real issues. Could you say we were guilty of Noel Cowardice?

All couples must bear the strain of getting acquainted, having been, up to then, merely intimate.

Do you believe in astrology? -I don't even believe in astronomy.

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning.

Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.