Those of us who read because we love it more than anything, who feel about bookstores the way some people feel about jewelers.

I have a cat, the pet that ranks just above a throw pillow in terms of required responsibility.

Get a life. A real life. Not a manic pursuit of the next promotion, the bigger paycheck, the larger house.

I do get a sense that there's a huge disconnect between the political powers and what's really happening, so right-wing conservatives can talk about contraception all they want, but the women of America are using birth control. It's as simple as that.

My sister is a public school teacher. She makes far far less money than I do, and gets almost no public attention for her work. Yet I believe what she does is infinitely more important and more difficult than what I do.

I know a lot and have written a lot and have thought a lot about motherhood.

Your children make it impossible to regret your past. They're its finest fruits. Sometimes the only ones.