"I am not an Englishwoman. I am a Jewess. I am a woman. I am a writer. I am a human being. I am a creative artist. I am a person who loves life and hates death."

"Yes, I was thinking: we live without a future. That's what's queer: with our noses pressed to a closed door."

"I am haunted by the two contradictions. That is the hammer stroke that wakes me in the early morning."

"I am rooted, but I flow."

"The great artist is the man who can make the most profound statement in the fewest words."