"It is possible to write yourself out of loneliness. Possible, too, to write yourself into being."

"I discover that men may be physically the stronger of the sexes but mentally women are tops."

"Solitude, when chosen, can feel like such a gift."

"Fame had taught Maurice one of its many questionable lessons: that it is possible to perform life for the sake of a good photograph."

"It was work for its own sake. Not everything has to be seen."

"Measure its success by the extent to which you have loved and been loved."