"I may be a fool, but I'm not a stupid fool. I'm a fool in the way that an artist is a fool, that a visionary is a fool. I'm a fool in the way that a saint is a fool."

"I want to write because I have the urge to create something that will make people think. I want to write because I have the urge to create something that will make people feel. I want to write because…"

"The worst thing in the world is to be a woman. It is an awful thing to be a woman, especially if you are beautiful."

"I am a victim of the American way of life, where they expect you to be a goddess, a cook, a mother, a hostess, a business woman, a sex kitten, and a superwoman, and if you don't do it, they put you in…"

"The only good man is a dead man."