Any woman whose I.Q. hovers above her body temperature must be a feminist.

About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.

If you don't like my book, write your own.

Education is a wonderful thing. If you couldn't sign your name you'd have to pay cash.

I'm sorry that our country and the people do not consider the arts as vital to our well-being as, say, medicine. Suffering is unnecessary. It doesn't make you a better artist; it only makes you a hungry one. However, to me the acquisition of the craft of writing was worth any amount of suffering.

He tried to drown his troubles but they knew how to swim.

whoever said progress was a positive thing has never been to Florida or California.