Between sisters, often, the child's cry never dies down. "Never leave me," it says; "do not abandon me."

In becoming archaeologists of the world of our mothers, we are trying to retrieve the female past and to invent a future.

What is haunting is that people fallen off the train threaten those who remain on board.

Much female conversation is, in fact, about survival - but in code.

What we have in common is what keeps us apart.

I say you hurt me. You say I scorned you. We say we care. It begins. The conversation begins.

we perceive silence where, in fact, there is a muffler.

What is commonly called literary history is actually a record of choices.

The question arises as to whether it is possible not to live in the world of men and still to live in the world.

The illusion of companionship sits waiting in the television set. We keep our televisions on more than we watch them - an average of more than seven hours a day. For background. For company.

for many people, loneliness was an experience of time. 'Not knowing what to do with yourself' was the way it was usually put.

I believe in the brotherhood of mankind.

You see continuous movement is the important thing here. Those who remain in one position and then lie to themselves about their progress are the ones in real trouble.

Today I trust my instinct, I trust myself. Finally.

I can read people, and if the other person doesn't want to say anything, I'm fine with that. People say things when it's time to say them.

I like writing on piano and a computer, and a lot of 'Plans' came out of samples and vocal lines.

It is funny, I don't feel old enough to give advice... But with the advisers you trust, you better listen to them. It may be bad news but that's the only way you're going to improve.

I've been around some very famous people, but no one has the effect Maradona has; people tremble in his presence.

Being famous has its benefits, but fame isn't one of them.

This is the law of benefits between men; the one ought to forget at once what was given, and the other ought never to forget what he has received.

You build a successful career, regardless of your field of endeavor, by the dozens of little things you do on and off the job.