I really do literally put myself into a character's shoes.

I get a lot of letters from people. They say "I want to be a writer. What should I do?" I tell them to stop writing to me and to get on with it.

I've had two proposals since I've been a widow. I am a wonderful catch, you know. I have a lot of money.

The knives of jealousy are honed on details.

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

It is not so much true that the world loves a lover as that the lover loves all the world.

The worst has happened ... it's rather liberating.