“Every word she writes is a lie, including ‘and’ and ‘the’."(on Lillian Hellman)”

“A smiling, bantering, humouring, watchful and incessant lie. A lie by day, a lie by night, a lie in every touch and every look; a lie in every caress and every quarrel; a lie in every word and in every silence.”

“Life is not that simple. That is why it is called life. That word includes both lie and if. Time to figure out which side of the "half" fence you are on: Does your life include a lie or just one big if? There is nothing wrong with either to be honest, but it will make your Sundays longer.”

“A word to the unwise.Torch every book.Char every page.Burn every word to ash.Ideas are incombustible.And therein lies your real fear.”

“Every body at all addicted to letter writing, without having much to say, which will include a large proportion of the female world at least…”

“Writing is not lying, nor is it theft. It is a journey and search for transparency between one’s words and one’s soul.”