I'm always astonished to see how badly people can behave when they think no one is noticing.

I'm always astonished to see how badly people can behave when they think no one is noticing.

Writing is work and cooking is relaxing.

What one's goal should be is just to become a better writer and to tell different kinds of stories.

One thing that improved my cooking skills was being a poor student in California... If you don't have much money, you have to learn to cook.

I told the caterer I'd work for nothing if he'd teach me about catering. I lasted one week full-time. It was exhausting.

I wanted to be a literary writer, so I wrote story after story and sent them to 'The New Yorker.'