There are two kinds of characters in all fiction, the born and the synthetic. If the writer has to ask himself questions - is he tall, is he short? - he had better quit.
I think I feel the most comfortable being insane.
If you feel alone and you've got nowhere to run to, always remember that your family is always there for you. It's their duty.
Never look back on something bad, yesterday is gone, today is now, tomorrow doesn't exist.
Never let go of the people that you love, because without them, what else have you got?
Love is a dangerous thing, it can be great and it can be awful. It might make or break your life. It could even change you as a person.
You gotta have faith. Even at the bottom of the blackest hole, there will always be light shining through. It just takes faith to see it.
This is what a woman is: unadorned, after children and work and age, and experience-these are the marks of living.
Yeats, you need ten years in the library, but I have need of ten years in the wilderness.
I try to understand place on a deeper level than just the physical or environmental aspects. It includes cultural and intellectual forces, too. Its an inclusive approach that brings in many disciplines and sees place as a dynamic thing.
I am not made like any of those I have seen. I venture to believe that I am not made like any of those who are in existence. If I am not better, at least I am different.