“The world is always changing brightness and hotness and soundness, I never know how it's going to be the next minute.”

“The most interesting thing about writing is the way that it obliterates time. Three hours seem like three minutes. Then there is the business of surprise. I never know what is coming next. The phrase that sounds in the head changes when it appears on the page. Then I start probing it with a pen, finding new meanings. Sometimes I burst out laughing at what is happening as I twist and turn sentences. Strange business, all in all. One never gets to the end of it. That’s why I go on, I suppose. To see what the next sentences I write will be.”

“I know it sounds like the end of the world, but worlds are ending every day and it's not always such a bad thing.”

“How puzzling all these changes are! I'm never sure what I'm going to be, from one minute to another.”

“A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.”

“You're better equipped for this world than I am," she said. "I'm always trying to change the world. You know how to live in it.”