My worst image of myself is me sitting on a bed, smoking a cigarette, waiting for a phone call and thinking thoughts that don't join together.

There is something very attractive about blonds, especially for brunettes. Its been said that blonds are loved and brunettes do the loving.

With short hair you begin to crave pearl necklaces, long earrings, and a variety of sunglasses. Short hair removes obvious femininity and replaces it with style.

I was a very polite schoolgirl who did her work very well and hid under tables. I'd hate to think I haven't changed at all.

The thing about commuting internationally is that you have to be a lawyer or an airline steward to do it successfully.

When you're writing, you're demented, alone, and full of doubt. It feels dangerous.

The Germans have a wonderful combination of pathos, energy, and humor. They are like Californians with an education.

Paris is the only place where I feel that I lead a life that I can call my own.

I'd like to live in Paris, New York, and Los Angeles all at the same time.

I'm scared that if I collaborated on something with somebody, I would be in some way losing my own contact with what I was going and tempting fate.

I get very weird and defensive about what I'm working on - I wouldn't even tell my secretary what the next page of my novel was about.

The greatest gift of life is being wealthy with happiness.

We create a better world with beautiful deeds.

Many people make the mistake of saving money by wasting time.

I think people deny themselves by putting themselves into categories.

Give. Remember always to give. That is the one thing that will make you grow.

A story matrix connects all of us. There are rules, processes, and circles of responsibility in this world. And the story begins exactly where it is supposed to begin. We cannot skip any part.

I do not hate the man, but his vices.

I do hunt, and I do fish, and I don't apologize to anybody for hunting and fishing.

Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor.