A woman should never, never, never be financially dependent to anyone, especially a man, because the minute you were dependent, you could be abused.

Smile. It gives your face something to do.

The character of Rosie is based on a woman who used to live in the same apartment building I lived in many years ago. She's taken on a life of her own, of course.

Of the first seven novels I wrote, numbers four and five were published. Numbers one, two, three, six, and seven, have never seen the light of day... and rightly so.

I started writing seriously when I was 18, wrote my first novel when I was 22, and I've never stopped writing since.

He might be a man without character, but she was a woman without courage. Of the two, which was worse?

There's a certain class of people who will do you in and then remain completely mystified by the depth of your pain.