You have to be willing to fail to create something original.

I decided long ago never to walk in anyone's shadow; if I fail, or if I succeed at least I did as I believe.

I cannot and do not live in the world of discretion, not as a writer, anyway. I would prefer to, I assure you—it would make life easier. But discretion is, unfortunately, not for novelists.

I think that the most important thing a woman can have - next to talent, of course - is her hairdresser.