I've told the same story twelve different ways, but I think that's just part of what writers do. Once may not be enough.

Some people who think they are in unhappy marriages are just in unhappy bodies.

A woman whose smile is open and whose expression is glad has a kind of beauty no matter what she wears.

Romanticizing the act of writing or any other art is not very helpful to the artist or the art. It's much better if one simply does.

I would prefer you not to say, "That was the most terribly written piece I've ever read." That would hurt me. But you don't think I'm the best person in the world? Well, alright.

Many writers do write about their families and their immediate loved ones and love experiences, either as children or as adults. And very often people get offended by it.

We flashed our feathers when the feathers were fit to be flashed, and now, in drearier days, many stay indoors.