There is a fundamental difference between men and women - women need romance, men need intrigue.
People try much less hard to make a marriage work than they used to fifty years ago. Divorce is easier.
When I started writing, there was nothing about zombies. It was all teen movies, which to me are scarier than zombies, but that's another story.
What a sense of superiority it gives one to escape reading some book which everyone else is reading.
I make it a rule always to believe compliments implicitly for five minutes, and to simmer gently for twenty more.
I sort of feel like people are not that honest about their own parenting. Take any teenage household; tell me there is not yelling and conflict.
I don't think children's inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house; they want places to play.
No matter how calmly you try to referee, parenting will eventually produce bizarre behavior, and I'm not talking about the kids. Their behavior is always normal.
The most rewarding aspect of parenting is seeing my children be authentic. The most rewarding thing for me is to see them do anything that they're proud of.
What feeling is so nice as a child's hand in yours? So small, so soft and warm, like a kitten huddling in the shelter of your clasp.
I have been writing now for over a week. I find it cleansing, refreshing; it is good for me.” (p.531)
Empowerment of individuals is a key part of what makes open source work, since in the end, innovations tend to come from small groups, not from large, structured efforts.
I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help.
It's become impossible to enjoy most quality television shows because the hurt or endangered women device is so frequently used.
Even my older brothers' early success 10 years ago didn't change me since there was such an age difference.
I actually love 'West Side Story.' I think it's an amazing film to watch.
Art school had taught me it was far better to be a flamboyant failure than any kind of benign success.
Grace sat down where the chair wasn't.
I signed up for the musical Tommy in the West End, where I met my husband.
You can't be afraid of failure and you can't be afraid of success, because either one gets in the way of your work.
I was born in Manhattan on West 12th. My parents were kind of hippies and they did a home birth.
