"I wonder what you would have done, if you had not been a writer."

"It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did."

"I want to be able to look back and say, 'I did my best to live the life I imagined.'"

"I believe in the power of words. I believe that words can change the world."

"The world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs."