I married an archaeologist because the older I grow, the more he appreciates me.

I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the same book, each believes he gets all the worry and only half the royalties.

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.

The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they don't give a damn.

There is nothing more thrilling in this world, I think, than having a child that is yours, and yet is mysteriously a stranger.

The older I grow, the more I find myself alone.