Conventional wisdom tells us we'll only be happier after a divorce if the marriage itself was a war zone.

When I was a kid, my mother's parenting style teetered between benign neglect and intense bouts of violence.

Maybe it goes without saying that if you want to become a famous writer before you’re dead, you’ll have to write something. But the folks in my classes with the biggest ideas and the best publicity shots ready to grace the back covers of their best-selling novels are also usually the ones who aren’t holding any paper.

Your heart is the size of your fist; keep loving, keep fighting.

The last introvert in a world of extroverts. Silence: my response to both emptiness and saturation. But silence frightens people. I had to learn how to talk. Out of politeness.

Researchers warn us against walking out on married life without a dang good reason.

I always do like seeing other people dance in their cars. It's one of the things that makes me happy.