I do wish I could write like some of the American women, who can be clever and heartfelt and hopeful; people like Lorrie Moore and Jennifer Egan. But Ireland messed me up too much, I think, so I can't.
The best revenge is living well.
Men want the same thing from their underwear that they want from women: a little bit of support, and a little bit of freedom.
Why would you want to work for a living if you could just joke around? Being a celebrity expands your commercial possibilities.
Somebody just gave me a shower radio. Thanks a lot. Do you really want music in the shower? I guess there's no better place to dance than a slick surface next to a glass door.
People who read the tabloids deserve to be lied to.
Keep your head up in failure and your head down in success.
Early in my career, I decided I never wanted to get out of shape.
Just because it's automatic doesn't mean it works.
A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth.
I never wanted to write. I just wrote letters home from a kibbutz in Israel to reassure my parents that I was still alive and well fed and having a great time. They thought these letters were brilliant and sent them to a newspaper. So I became a writer by accident.