As a child I knew almost nothing, nothing beyond what I had picked up in my grandmother's house. All children, I suppose, come into the world like that, not knowing who they are.

A cat only has itself.

You can't deny what you've learned; you can't deny your travels; you can't deny the nature of your life.

Writers should provoke disagreement.

Judgment is contained in the act of trying to understand.

Most people are not really free. They are confined by the niche in the world that they carve out for themselves. They limit themselves to fewer possibilities by the narrowness of their vision.

I read a piece of writing and within a paragraph or two I know whether it is by a woman or not.