Getting into a new relationship is like pouring Miracle-Gro on your character defects.
I write because writing is the gift God has given me to help people in the world.
Don't look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance.
Very few writers really know what they are doing until they have done it.
Presents can make up for some of the disappointments that life doles out, such as it makes almost no sense and is coming to an end more quickly than ever.
[Her] work taught me that you could be all the traditional feminine things -- a mother, a lover, a listener, a nurturer -- and you could also be critically astute and radical and have a minority opinion that was profoundly moral.