As for discipline—it's important, but sort of overrated. The more important virtue for a writer, I believe, is self-forgiveness. Because your writing will always disappoint you. Your laziness will always disappoint you.

I was perfectly happy in my boring life before you came along.

Parla Come Mangi' --It is a common way to say 'be simple', 'don't try to be rhetorical' literaly: 'speak the way you eat

I don't think you can say that feminism has made women critical of marriage because women have been critical of marriage for centuries.

I was a veritable Johnny Appleseed of grand expectations, and all I reaped for my trouble was a harvest of bitter fruit.

Sometimes life is too hard to be alone, and sometimes life is too good to be alone.

Dear Lord, please show me everything I need to understand about forgiveness and surrender