“I don't believe in being serious about anything. I think life is too serious to be taken seriously."[Writer’s Digest Interview (Robert Jacobs, Writer’s Digest, February 1976)]”
“For I too liked reading, thought of a frivolous and childish kind; I could not digest or comprehend the serious or substantial.”
“And I don't believe that melodramatic feelings are laughable - they should be taken absolutely seriously.”
“Life is too important to be taken seriously.”
“I suddenly understood that if every moment of a book should be taken seriously, then every moment of a life should be taken seriously as well.”
“Funny how at twenty-five you worry about not being taken seriously and take being a sex object for granted. Later you take being taken seriously for granted, and worry about not being a sex object.”