Jane Austen may not be the best writer, but she certainly writes about the best people. And by that I mean people just like me.
Anna QuindlenWell, we tell our kids things like 'don't gossip' and then an hour later they hear us on the phone. Stuff like that.
Anna QuindlenI don't have to listen to the Gospel on Sunday to know the stories of the New Testament. They inform so much of what I write that they're practically like a news scrim that goes through my brain 24/7.
Anna Quindlen