I am slow. A sentence often takes an hour to compose before I throw it out. What can you do?

It's very important for a writer to be unnoticed, as quiet and unnoticed as possible.

Murder, arson, adultery, drugging and drinking, cruel politics--reading a book crammed with such activities can make the timid and yearning among us feel like the happiest people in the world.

They were relieved that I was chosen by a human being, " she'd said to Angelica in her dry voice. "They were braced for an interspecies liaison.

Still she wondered: did the present deliver up the future, or must you chase your destiny like a harpoonist?

Architecture is undistinguished, sometimes derelict, but occasionally, as in 'Post and Beam, ' there is something arresting in a setting... the building behind the Cathedral.

Gratitude is the secret to happiness.

Calories don’t count if they’re connected to a celebration. Everyone knows this.

My father Sam, by his lifelong example, displayed for me the virtues of an honest day's work and of great personal courage.

The rift between culture and pop-culture has never been greater.

As co-chair of the Iraqi Women's Caucus in the House, I've enjoyed the opportunity to collaborate with and hear from Iraqi women elected to serve in the new National Assembly.

It had been more of a wish, actually, but it sounded better to call it a dream.

What's the deal with Ovaltine? It comes in a round container, you put it in a round glass, why don't they call it Roundtine?

The word NO, carries a lot more meaning when spoken by a parent who also knows how to say yes.

I keep everything that's private private.

I'd like to continue to play until I drop dead on stage or something.