If you want something, it will elude you. If you do not want something, you will get ten of it in the mail.

Life is not so much about beginnings and endings as it is about going on and on and on. It is about muddling through the middle.

I can't begin to predict how news will be delivered to readers in, say, 100 years. But I do know one thing that hasn't changed: Whatever the delivery system, whether it's a magazine, book or blog, people like vivid writing, strong stories and credible people. So while the venue is changing rapidly, human nature isn't, which I find soothing.

Figuring out who you are is the whole point of the human experience.

I think there are some stories that need to be told by a specific person as opposed to in the third person.

Maybe I had three children in the first place so I wouldn't ever have to play board games. In my religion, martyrs die.

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.