To be a classic, a novel should be original.

there must be a routine to life, a framework to hang life on. Routines were what kept you sane, gave you something to do at this moment and at that, definite places to go, positive things to do. Abandon it and that way madness lies.

We don't say a man's ill if he's crazy about sex, if he can't get enough sex. Why should a woman be different?

I can't exist without books.

Many emotions go under the name of love, and almost any one of them will for a while divert the mind from the real, true, and perfect thing.

When one has children one has no privacy. They take it for granted that what is yours is theirs, personal things and the secrets of your heart, as well as possessions.

Some say life is the thing, but I prefer reading.