There are, of course, people who didn't create the trouble they're in, but lots of them do.

Write because you love the art and the discipline, not because you're looking to sell something.

No one tells the truth to people they don't actually know, and if they do it is a horrible trait. Everyone wants something smaller, something neater than the truth.

I will write my way into another life.

I'm very comfortable writing.

The thing you can count on in life is that Tennessee will always be scorching hot in August.

Well, I always say that the two things I was most disastrous at in my life, being a teenager and being a wife, were the two things I really wound up cashing in on when I was writing fluffy magazine pieces.