If a man walks in beauty, he will create, and when he creates, he prospers.

Food was celebration, conversation, and nourishment. The table is where the big decisions of the family are made and all the arguing takes place.

There's nothing an artist needs more - even more than excellent tools and stamina - than a deadline.

But a child's joy is doubled for the mother, and the sound of her son's laughter began to her heart, a feat she had never believed possible

Isn't this the truth of any good mother? That in all of our lives. We worry only about those we brought into this world, regardless of whether they loved us back or treated us fairly or understood our shortcomings.

I love rhinestones, faux jewelry.

I began as a dramatist in the theater, so I'm always thinking about how a story moves, what it looks like, how to engage the senses, how dialogue sounds, what feels authentic and sounds real, what's funny, how to build distinctive and original characters - all the aspects of playwriting, scene-building, the architecture of dramatizing.