Death is terrifying because it is so ordinary. It happens all the time.

I believe that the memoir is the novel of the 21st century; it’s an amazing form that we haven’t even begun to tap…we’re just getting started figuring out what the rules are.

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.

Personal experience is the lightning of the soul; it transforms the heart in ways that leave the brain behind.

There is some consensus: There's obsession, there's never satiety, and there's always remorse. For me, the big thing is that you're always breaking a promise - for example, you promise yourself you're just going to have coffee with a man, then before you know it, you're in bed together.

Death is terrifying because it is so ordinary. It happens all the time.

Whenever there was a crisis, I found a man to help me take the edge off the feelings of helplessness and pain.