If I Were Planning To Be Stranded

I Know That Family Life In America Is A Minefield, An Economic Trap For Women, A Study In Disappointment For Both Sexes.

I Think Our Material Is Our Lives. That's Part Of Being A Modern Writer, And We Have To Use It.

They Want To Play At Being Mothers. So Let Them. Expressing Tenderness In Their Own Way Will Not Prevent Girls From Enjoying A Successful Career In The Future; Indeed, The Ability To Nurture Is As Valuable A Skill In The Workplace As The Ability To Lead.

Friendship Needs Both Confidences And Confidence In The Other's Outstretched Hand.

My Mother Had Died When I Wrote My First Book. I Was Twenty-seven, So It Was Right At The Beginning Of My Writing Life. I Don't Know If She Had Lived, If I Would Have Done It, Certainly Not Quite Like I Did. But, You Can't Rethink It. You Wrote What You Wrote, It Meant Something To Other People, And That's Your Good.