"I write whenever it suits me. During a creative period I write every day; a novel should not be interrupted. When I cease to be carried along, when I no longer feel as though I were taking down dictation, I stop."

“In heaven, you get right through. In hell, they put you on hold.”

“To most middle-class feminists, as to most middle-class non-feminists, working-class women remain mysterious creatures to be “reached out to” in some abstract way. No connection. No solidarity.”

“The more grateful we feel, the more things we receive to feel grateful for. The more loved we feel, the more love we receive. The more beautiful we feel, the more attractive we become.”

Source : Denise Coates (2010). “Feel It Real!: A Guided Approach to Bringing the Law of Attraction into Your Life”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

“Celebrity watching and speculation is almost like a sport”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“I do not much care for nature, and believe that flowers belong in vases rather than loose and untidy on the ground.”

“For me to rehearse with a children's orchestra a Mahler symphony was to really work. We had three or four weeks of rehearsal with the orchestra, every day eight or nine hours, putting the First together. I had been conducting Tchaikovsky a lot and Beethoven, but Mahler was different.”

“Few would dispute with the rose her claim to be the queen of flowers, for where is her equal to be found? Is she not God’s masterpiece?”

Source : Patience Strong (1951). “The Glory of the Garden”

“Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.”