She is, above all else, tired; she wants more than anything to return to her bed and her book. The world, this world, feels suddenly stunned and stunted, far from everything.

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

She could have had a life as potent and dangerous as literature itself.

The secret of flight is this -- you have to do it immediately, before your body realizes it is defying the laws.

There is a beauty in the world, though it's harsher than we expect it to be.

we become the stories we tell ourselves

I was not ladylike, nor was I manly. I was something else altogether. There were so many different ways to be beautiful.

Language in fiction is made up of equal parts meaning and music. The sentences should have rhythm and cadence, they should engage and delight the inner ear.

I suspect any serious reader has a first great book, just the way anybody has a first kiss.

One always has a better book in one's mind than one can manage to get onto paper.

Take me with you. I want a doomed love. I want streets at night, wind and rain, no one wondering where I am.

Beauty to beguile, spies to ensnare, and gold, always gold, to tempt, to trap, to control.

If you can really hear more of the root cause, maybe there are ways that we can get beyond it, or destroy it, actually.

You have to bear in mind that Mr. Autry's favorite horse was named Champion. He ain't ever had one called Runner Up.

It's always funny until the hooker mentions her son.

The secret is to be prepared, to draw on the strengths of the people around you, and most importantly, to instill confidence that your team will step up and find a solution.

If you’re an actress, you’re always on one diet or another — it’s a way of life.

Anybody singing the blues is in a deep pit yelling for help.

I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance.

Do not compare yourself to others. If you do so, you are insulting yourself.

An economist is a scoundrel who tells you the way things are rather than the way you want them to be.