I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life.

Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.

She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.

One day a long time from now you'll cease to care anymore whom you please or what anybody has to say about you. That's when you'll finally produce the work you're capable of.

Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.

I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve. I was once described by my own son Stephen as an emotional ostrich.

I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.

I don't even like old cars. I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is at least human, for God's sake.

And I can't be running back and fourth forever between grief and high delight.

It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.

The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it would make you slightly unhappy constantly.

Another item that appeared in the backyard was rabbits. Bear would chase them away.

We change the future with every choice we make,

I don't often reread my own books, unless I am going into another in the series and need to refresh my mood when originating the concept

The thrills, the turmoil, the passion, the stunning surprises of that roller coaster ride in '72 caused our emotions to run wild

I want to be as feminine and classic as possible.

Freedom is always at the beginning and not at the end.

Not having a clear goal leads to death by a thousand compromises.

She gets naughty with her Pilates body And she thinks it's really funny when her nose goes bloody

People are only mean when they're threatened, and that's what our culture does. That's what our economy does.

And a mouse is miracle enough to stagger sextillions of infidels.