In America sex is an obsession. In Europe it's a fact of life.

About all you can do in life is be who you are.

Language is decanted and shared. If only one person is left alive speaking a language - the case with some American Indian languages - the language is dead. Language takes two and their multiples.

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.

It's still easier to take a blow from outside than it is to be disgusted with myself for not taking a stand. I don't know how people can live and not fight back but apparently millions do. They must hate themselves.

Hollywood called just as I crested thirty. My novels did not and still do not interest them, but my writing ability did.

The owner of Mojo's was a suicide blonde, dyed by her own hand.