Some americans need hyphens in their names, because only part of them has come over; but when the whole man has come over, heart and thought and all, the hyphen drops of its own weight out of his name.

Age is not a problem. It becomes a problem when people try and make us think old.

I wasn't a rock 'n' roll girl. I said, Neil Young, Neil Young, where do I know that name from?

Twitter is amazing. I advertised for the position of research assistant on Twitter, and both of my researchers came from there.

I'm always surprised when large numbers of people buy my books.

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness, which this world affords.