A hundred years ago Hester Prynne of The Scarlet Letter was given an A for adultery; today she would rate no better than a C-plus.

Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.

I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.

Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.

You can make a sordid thing sound like a brilliant drawing-room comedy. Probably a fear we have of facing up to the real issues. Could you say we were guilty of Noel Cowardice?

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning.

The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character.

The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.

A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.

First I dream my life. Then I live in that dream with love and joy.

We do not influence through speaking that much, but by leading.

Sometimes you need to be a little selfish because kindness is seldom appreciated.

My scars show pain and suffering, but they also show my will to survive. They're part of my history that'll always be there.

I wish to lead a life free from care, and I see that I shall be unhappy if I cannot always work at my art.

I'd like to go to the Moon.

It's in the interest of the U.S. to maintain a strong democracy in Colombia.

The question 'Who am I?' is not really meant to get an answer, the question 'Who am I?' is meant to dissolve the questioner.

It's really fun to listen to other people and be an accompanist.

It doesn't matter what people thinks of you as long as you know that your heart and head are in the right place.