A newborn already has nine months of experience when she is born.
When someone tells you you're not going to walk again and you spend about a year and half on your back, your clothes don't mean much. I was in a robe every day, so I gave everything away - my whole wardrobe, down to the last dress. But at some point I woke up, maybe about four or five months after having done that that, and I thought, "You know what? I really want to try to wear high heels. " That's why I wanted to learn to walk. It sounded really stupid but I just wanted to see. That to me was sort of definitive to who I was. So that was my goal.
Every bite you eat stays in mouth for two minutes, for two hours in stomach and for two month on hips.
In the past few months, I've become convinced of one thing: If I were a man, I'd be paid more.
I followed the launch of the library with Margaret Atwood and then David Mitchell. I just sat quietly at home secretly envying them. Then just over a month ago she asked me if I would like to be the third author to join the library.
I wouldn't dream of following a fashion. . . how could one be a different person every three months?
I'm 74 years old and even though I may be a bit of a rascal, 33 girls in two months seems to me too much even for a 30-year-old.
I need at least two months to try and figure out where the centre of the bat is.
Why would you take money out of your paycheck at the beginning of the month when you don't know how much money you'll need?
When you do a play, you do it for a couple months, and it just gets in your bones. You can learn about somebody that way.
It is true that I am often startled and even angered and repulsed by the strange directions and provocative content of new forms that seem to pop up every few months.
So my one kid's 4, my other kid's 4 months, I'm 44, Barack Obama is the 44th president - it's all lining up nicely here.
What trouble have you brought to my doorstep, Beka" she asked. "I don't see where blaming me for things that began months ago will be useful," I replied.
I learned English in one month. I told myself I should listen. In the next month I could talk to everyone. I was so happy because I could do one thing. . . I could talk.