Self-pity is the simplest luxury.
In sports, as in love, one can never pretend.
While the angels, all pallid and wan, Uprising, unveiling, affirm That the play is the tragedy, “Man”, And its hero the Conqueror Worm.
Mother love is the most powerful, the most irrational force on earth, even more powerful than sexual love. However, one does lead to the other, so best not to spurn the former.
You can love more than one person at a time, and I don’t give a damn what the self-help books say.
Hollywood called just as I crested thirty. My novels did not and still do not interest them, but my writing ability did.
Alcohol is an allergy of the body and an obsession of the mind.
Trouble is said to be good for an artist’s soul but almost never is.
Book tours are like boot camp but with little sleep and less food.
We all want to leave our children the Garden of Eden and we wind up giving them hardscrabble.
What’s the point of being a lesbian if a woman is going to look and act like an imitation man?
Femininity and masculinity are social constructs. Female and male are biological. We don’t have to learn to be men or women but we do have to learn to be ladies and gentlemen.
Show me a writer, any writer, who hasn’t suffered and I’ll show you someone who writes in pastels as opposed to primary colors.
Money and writing appear to be mutually exclusive.
Adjectives are the curse of America.
We have the ability to be the Athens of modern times as opposed to the militaristic Sparta. I remind you that the Athenians wrote poetry. The Spartans did not.
Gossip is irresponsible communication. Irresponsible because it is at the expense of another person who is not there to defend herself. Irresponsible because it is not constructive: it helps no one, least of all the person being gossiped about.
Gambling operates under the premise that greed can be satisfied by luck.
I think the reason I choose the comic approach so often is because it’s harder, therefore affording me the opportunity to show off.
Do not judge. Never presume to judge another human being anyway. That’s up to heaven.