You can't change old people. Unlike middle-aged people, they do what they want.

Women need to become literary "criminals," break the literary laws and reinvent their own, because the established laws prevent women from presenting the reality of their lives.

I understand that postmodern literature probably means people like DeLillo, The Fiction Collective, but I don't get it that those writers are really influenced by postmodern theorists.

GET RID OF MEANING. YOUR MIND IS A NIGHTMARE THAT HAS BEEN EATING YOU: NOW EAT YOUR MIND.

If you ask me what I want, I'll tell you. I want everything.

We get on the bandwagon in all sorts of ways - you know minor ways and major ways - like what you've just encountered which isn't censorship exactly, it was something sort of uglier in a way.

Well, I think writing is basically about time and rhythm. Like with jazz. You have your basic melody and then you just riff off of it. And the riffs are about timing.

There are times when the law jeopardizes those who obey it.

My nutritionist read my pathology report and said, "There's only one way you can beat your cancer." "What's that?" "You have to find out what caused it.

I wasn't really into body piercings until I found that about half my female students had them.

A novel is a book with a lot of pages.

That's enough crying about the problems, let's begin killing the problems.

The stark evening sun at the far edge of the town had just unzipped the sky and finally gone down.

Staying married to one person was boring. She figured she was too complicated for that. Interesting people had complicated lives.

The Holy Spirit will teach you, how to distinguish between right and wrong doctrines

Both within the family and without, our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of who we can dare to be.

Let's show them all how it's done, let's do it all imperfectly.

The best time to give advice to your children is while they're still young enough to believe you know what you're talking about.

At 50, you need to laugh about your age. If you don't, everybody else will do it for you. Happy birthday, old chum!

Please, compete in the spirit of fair play, mutual understanding and respect. And above all, please compete cleanly by refusing doping.

You are the weirdest girl ever.” “Please. You live with Eve.