Fame is a funny thing, like a secret, both are hard to keep.

I read.. because one life is not enough

Never trust an ugly woman. She's got a grudge against the world,' said Grandma who was no oil painting herself.

Fame is a funny thing, like a secret, both are hard to keep.

We don't write what we know. We write what we wonder about.

We write by the light of every story we have ever read.

I read because one of these days I'm going to get out of this town, and I'm going to go everywhere and meet everybody, and I want to be ready