Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.
Life is a racket. Writing is a racket. Sincerity is a racket. Everything's a racket.
Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.
My grandmother told stories; she was very good at that.
Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever.
Any press is good press. So keep on ragging me.
A Good School deserves to be call'd, the very Salt of the Town, that hath it.
In quiet moments, I love to read.
Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice.
But I do have time to pencil in golf, and we've got four excellent courses.
Time and memory are true artists; they remould reality nearer to the heart's desire.
You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.
Installing a new offense is harder than a new defense. It just takes time.
I wish I had more time to write.
We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn't wish to be.
For a long time, I was a career woman and that was it.
I don't remember a time when I didn't define myself as a writer.
At the time I wrote Xone I had never been on the Internet.
Some guys leave a place after a long time, and they're bitter. Not me.
It's hard to spend years at a time working in total solitude with no reality-check.
