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The thing that teases the mind over and over for years, and at last gets itself put down rightly on paper - whether little or great, it belongs to Literature.
It just proves that I've been here for a long time and, I guess, have done the right things over the years.
I have a perfectionist mentality; I want things to be right. But I've had a little duel over the years with that mentality. Because it can inhibit you.
In America, people buy cars, and they put very little money down. They get a car, and they go to work. The work pays them a salary; the salary allows them to pay for the car over time. The car pays for itself.
I think being a mother helps keep your feet on the ground. There's very little dignity in parenthood. It's a great leveller.
I've been doing my job well for 17 years. People must see something in me. Otherwise, I'd be over and out.
Politics are for foreigners with their endless wrongs and paltry rights. Politics are a lousy way to get things done. Politics are, like God's infinite mercy, a last resort.
Books are wonderful. They are like people, except they mind less when you put them down and wander off to eat something.
I do a little thing about the way people shake the sweetener packet. You know, like they're all excited. I want to get all the granules down to one end. I love all these rituals.
