I cannot teach -- if I teach as teaching should be I become so exhausted I nearly die, I seem to have no middle gear.

All I can say is that laughter is my music; I would deeply suspect an argument which hadn't laughter.

Being, I imagine, must be very simple. It is Becoming which is so messy and which I am all for.

Absolutes are absolutely dangerous.

Passing in any crowd are secret people whose hidden response to beauty is the desire to tear it into bleeding meat.

You can understand why a system would seek information - but why in hell does it offer information? Why do we strive to be understood? Why is a refusal to accept communication so painful?

I've had too many experiences in my life of being the first woman in some damned occupation.

Anyone who shoots a real gun at you when drunk and angry is simply not husband material, regardless of his taste in literature.

Man is an animal whose dreams come true and kill him.

good is too often allied with vulnerability and evil with power.

Any chance beats no chance.

When I was little I bragged about my firefighting father: my father would go to heaven, because if he went to hell he would put out all the fires

Art, and sadness, which last forever.

I still really like newspapers. I'm gonna feel really sad when they go. Or not - maybe I'll be dead.

I think family dynamics are definitely very interesting. And in my case my sister did get married. She gave my parents a grandchild.

I myself grew up when radio was very important. I'd come home from school and turn on the radio. There were funny comedians and wonderful music, and there were plays. I used to pass time with radio.

In a culture defined by shades of gray, I think the absolute black and white choices in dark young adult novels are incredibly satisfying for readers.

PERFORMING TRIBUTE 9/11 shows the heroism of people who have chosen to respond to devastation and hatred with quiet determination and a belief that they can and will make the world a better place.

Being on the side of the Light is much tougher than being on the side of the Dark.

I've been known to throw watermelons, backstage, at people who are giving me news I don't want to hear. But I never aim for the head.

The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which subsists between parents and children.