There is no other closeness in human life like the closeness between a mother and her baby - chronologically, physically, and spiritually they are just a few heartbeats away from being the same person.

Womens currency is their looks. Like it or not, the most powerful woman is an 18-year-old woman.

Addiction isnt about substance - you arent addicted to the substance, you are addicted to the alteration of mood that the substance brings.

Writers often write their best when they are feeling their worst

Guilt is petty; I am above guilt.

Our [western] culture embraces sex addiction. If I drink too much or rack up credit-card debt or lose the rent in Vegas, that's bad. But if I have many lovers, that's good.

When Tolstoy wrote that all happy families are alike, what he meant was that there are no happy families.