I became a lesbian because of women, because women are beautiful, strong, and compassionate.

The only good thing ever done by a committee was the King James version.

It doesn't matter to me. We're still cousins in our own way. Blood's just something old people talk about to make you feel bad.

I love literature, the English language and storytelling. I also have thirty horses and seventy foxhounds to feed.

Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.

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

Never, ever underestimate your readers. Everything you do registers.