Very few people can write in a crowd. This is a very solitary occupation. I have known people more talented than me who never made it. And the primary reason was always that they couldn't stand to be alone for several hours a day. Any writer worth anything has mastered the art. The art of solitude.

Laughter is holier than piety, freedom is sweeter than fame, and in the end it's love and love alone that really matters.

Here's an idea: let's get over ourselves, buy a cherry pie, and go fall in love with life.

To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being.

Most novelists write about twisted lives.

I'll bet I'm as old as you are." "I'm older than Sanskrit." "Well, I was waitress at the Last Supper." "I'm so old I remember when McDonald's had only sold a hundred burgers." "You win.

Approfondement is a French word that means 'playing easily in the deep.'