“I have always had someone in my life that I consider my reading mentor...” — Stephen McCauley Quote

“I have always had someone in my life that I consider my reading mentor because I come from a family where reading was not emphasized or even approved of.”

“The experience of writing under a pseudonym was tremendously liberating; I could write what I wanted.”

“Ultimately, Cole Porter's music might say more about his life than any biography could. His songs, with their witty lyrics and debonair style, are an advertisement for his personality and his public persona.”

“We cannot say no to what has already been approved by the citizens.”

“Upon this the Hungarian ministers resigned, but the names submitted by the president of the council, at the demand of the king, were not approved of for successors.”

“The year I married my American husband, I won the lottery - and I tried to give it to somebody else, because I was already approved - not the money lottery, the immigration lottery.”