Retribution is tricky. . . . The insult isn't usually worth the risk of punishment. And eventually one learns that karma has a surprising way of taking care of these situations. All you have to do is sit back and watch.

It was the first honest emotional connection I'd had in a while. So I immediately panicked and had to leave.

And the sooner you do the right thing, the better. You get it over with, and you don’t have to worry about it anymore. But who does that in real life?

I started writing about New York as soon as I arrived. I was 19. I used to write short stories and send them out.

The world is full of people who all want the same thing, and you have to do a little something extra to make them remember you.

I love Chicago. I lived there briefly for three months and kept a boat under one of those space-age buildings. It was very Jetsons.

You know what they say: A woman needs a man about as much as a fish needs a bicycle.