Try something new each day. After all, we're given life to find it out. It doesn't last forever.
I do get flak for the lack of romance in my stories.
I usually tame my off-kilter sense of humor for novels.
My family is filled with wonderful storytellers. I lack their gift of gab, so it's a relief to be able to write.
In general, I'm careful when I'm dealing with subjects of deep cultural importance and write with abandon when I'm dealing with issues of personal dysfunction.
I don't think anyone's normal.
I don't see the point of pretending we're clones.
Nate Silver is now forecasting Oscar winners. The only area of life in which he has no expertise, ironically, is life itself.
Joe DiMaggio was the greatest all-around player I ever saw. His career can not be summed up in numbers and awards. It might sound corny, but he had a profound and lasting impact on the country.
Turning a breakup into a break-over. . . We want women to know that as bad as it can be, it can also be an opportunity to reinvent yourself.
No one in my family or my circle of friends had ever had to confront something like this. Jamie was seventeen, a child on the verge of womanhood, dying and still very much alive at the same time. I was afraid, more afraid than I'd ever been, not only for her, but for me as well. I lived in fear of doing something wrong, of doing something that would offend her. Was it okay to ever get angry in her presence? Was it okay to talk about the future anymore?