When people say: She’s got everything. I’ve only one answer: I haven’t had tomorrow.
The whole point is that writing has a pattern and life hasn’t. Life is so untidy. Art is so short and life so long. It is not possible to have perfection in life but it is possible to have perfection in a novel.
It’s all about hope, kindness and a connection with one another.
I have never felt more alive than when I watched my children delight in something, never more alive than when I have watched a great artist perform, and never richer than when I have scored a big check to fight AIDS.
Put on some lipstick and pull yourself together.
The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they’re going to have some pretty annoying virtues.