Djuna Barnes

An image is a stop the mind makes between uncertainties.

Time is a great conference planning our end, and youth is only the past putting a leg forward.

The night is a skin pulled over the head of day that the day may be in torment.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.