There was no better path to autonomy for an ambitious young businesswoman than to be married off to a respectable corpse.

A lot of men tend to want "models"I tell men, unless they look like a model themselves, they can't expect to land one.

The point, I decided, wasn't to have the autobiography or even the memories. The point was who I became when I wrote.

Never in our silent moments of illusion do we sense the dark parallel that lives next to us. Nor do we suspect the carrier.

I discovered that when one follows the artist's eye one sees unexpected treasures in so many seemingly ordinary scenes.

If variety is the spice of life, then my life must be one of the spiciest you ever heard of. A curry of a life. -Paul Child

When I first met Billy I thought about sucking his eyes right out of their sockets. They’re like turquoise gum drops.

Every day is a new beginning, the building of a habit. Every action is a step in some direction. There is no pause in living.

When facing a decision that stands a 50/50 chance of being correct, the choice made will be wrong 80% of the time. Rick Coxen

If a writer starts worring about what he or she has left out or forgotten, they might not be able to write even a single line.

Going to the seaside in winter is like seeing your partner first thing in the morning. Ugly, depressing and troubled by wind.

It is an empty room, that afterwards, a soledad, and it sits there at the center of a person's life and waits to be filled.

That's the thing about parents, I'm beginning to realize. You don't have to see them all that much to imitate them.

My father's haunting memories of war had been transformed into my own haunting memories. Such is the power of war and memory.

Even sentenced to twenty-five years in prison Ted didn’t get what he deserved. Maybe his prison mates would give it to him.