“Regret is an appalling waste of energy, and no one who intends to be a writer can afford to indulge in it.”

“Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing in.”

“I have made it a rule of my life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy... you can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing in.”

“To be alive and to be a ‘writer’ is enough.”

“I'm a writer first and a woman after.”

“... but that is the satisfaction of writing - one can impersonate so many people.”

“The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.”