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

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 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.

When the living gets unburdened with needs and desires, the life becomes simple and easy to carry.

-- So this is the measure of your God's Mercy.-- No. This is the measure of Pharaoh's soul.

My mind is a warehouse of carefully organized human emotions.I lock away the things that do not serve me.

The only man never to be redeemed is the man without passion.

Appius Livius Ocella made mistakes in his whole long existence. Perhaps changing Eric was his finest hour. He created the perfect vampire. Eric's only flaw is you.

Throughout my life, I have always lived with adversity and will continue to have faith and do good for my family, friends and fans.

People sometimes punish to exact judgment for past actions. God disciplines in order to teach and always in the interest of those whom he disciplines.

I'm not a pop act, churning stuff out really quickly. I find the music that arises from that style of working is distracted, not particularly profound.

I guess the ultimate luxury professionally is to be able to change your direction, to work in another medium.

I am naturally taciturn, and became a silent and attentive listener.