One of the things about parents and children is that there is no way that you go through this without there being mutual anger.

A woman whose smile is open and whose expression is glad has a kind of beauty no matter what she wears.

Grief is in two parts. The first is loss. The second is the remaking of life.

Some people who think they are in unhappy marriages are just in unhappy bodies.

A person who has no secrets is a liar. We always fold ourselves away from others just enough to preserve a secret or two, something that we cannot share without destroying our inner landscape.

People always tell me either A. you love him. B. you hate him. My usual answer? C. All of the above.

I am not a perfect friend, and it is impossible not to rebuff or be rebuffed if you move about the world.

I've told the same story twelve different ways, but I think that's just part of what writers do. Once may not be enough.

What other people think of me is not really my major concern in life. What other people think of what I write is another matter.

I have two writer daughters, and a psychoanalyst daughter, and a lawyer daughter, and they wish we didn't write, I'm sure, but we write. If we were a painting family, we would paint.

You really can't say things that upset someone in print and expect them to be nice and leave you their money. That's just not reasonable.

And though they fell as ashes, their shadows drifted as leaves.

The person who said that it is lonely at top has no idea what the view looks like from above. ~ Aarush Kashyap

If you have to forecast, forecast often.

In another couple centuries I'm sure that worldview won't even exist. There's no evidence for it.

Your closest and your most dedicated fans will be your ultimate test. They will test you.

You learn your lessons from the mistakes you make, not the things you achieve.

I am like a cartoon strip; I am like Donald Duck; everybody knows me in Italy.

As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent

If anyone ever asks you what panic is, now you can tell them: an emotional blank spot that leaves you feeling as if you've been sucking on a mouthful of pennies.