Laurell K. Hamilton Quotes

I've always declined to speak about things I don't think are anybody's business, and what I always get from the interviewers is, 'Well, you know, we have to ask those things.' I say, 'Well, maybe you do, but I don't have to answer them.'

To have a public life, you still have the right to a private life.

I understand why people might be interested. But I just don't talk about my personal life. It's a decision I made a long time ago, before I ever even knew anyone would be interested in my personal life.

I think the thing I had to be careful about while writing a book was not to say anything that was revealing about other people that they would be uncomfortable with. I didn't want to make people angry - that's a real risk.

I don't think you have the right to shout about other people's private life.

When people ask me silly questions about my private life, I just say, I don't discuss that.

Now, boys, let me tell you something. Sometimes you may see me coming out of a room in the White House with a woman. You just remember that it is none of your business.

It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.

I understand people are curious, but it doesn't matter. My personal life is my personal life.

We'd never do anything tasteless. There's enough to make fun of without offending.

I don't really want to be in the business of observing conversations.

I don't like to be talked about, especially by somebody that doesn't know me.

People should mind their own business. This particularly applies to those who are inquisitive, and those who jump to conclusions.

I personally couldn't care less who's in the stall next to me as long as I don't have to see what you're doing in there.

I don't go to journalists' houses and start dishing about anything private.

I mind my own business. Too much of attention becomes intrusive at times.

Never ask a man where he has been.

You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can’t pick your friend’s nose.

You have to realise that touching is a real violation of personal space.

I don't feel comfortable talking about my private life, and some people in my private life don't feel comfortable about me talking about it. So I don't.

Never ask a woman when she's due unless you know for a fact she's expecting.

It was never in my dreams to make my personal life anybody else's business.

I'm not out there trying to get press for myself nor am I trying to convince anybody that I'm living any kind of a life. I'm actually trying to convince people: I don't want you to know what I'm living, because it's none of your business.

I have to protect myself because people think that because you come into 25 million homes every week, they know you. I walk the line between being gracious and being rude.

I wish over the years I had kept my private life private and my professional life a little more professional.