“I'm sure not afraid of success and I've learned not to be afraid of fa...” — Anna Quindlen Quote

I'm sure not afraid of success and I've learned not to be afraid of failure. The only thing I'm afraid of now is of being someone I don't like much.

People always blame the girl; she should have said no. A monosyllable, but conventional wisdom has always been that boys can't manage it.

Ignorant free speech often works against the speaker. That is one of several reasons why it must be given rein instead of suppressed.

I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.

If God had meant Harvard professors to appear in People magazine, She wouldn't have invented The New York Review of Books.

I think that fiction writers can write about anyone. If you are writing a character, and the only thing they are to you is their otherness, then you haven't written a character.

The only thing an artist has to remember is to never lose faith in his vision.

Do I really need to prove anything to anybody? I don't feel that I have to prove anything. The only thing that I have to prove is to myself, that I have value.

The way I make music, I know what I'm doing, because I been doing this for so long. This is the only thing I'm good at.