God plays a lot of jokes on us to get our attention.

IMPORTANT Book reading is a solitary and sedentary pursuit, and those who do are cautioned that a book should be used as an integral part of a well-rounded life, including a daily regimen of rigorous physical exercise, rewarding personal relationships, and sensible low-fat diet. A book should not be used a as a substitute or an excuse.

It is a sin to believe evil of others but it is seldom a mistake.

Wal-Mart is going in and slaughtering [small towns] just as we once killed the buffalo.

I'm not busy... a woman with three children under the age of 10 wouldn't think my schedule looked so busy.

We writers don't really think about whether what we write is good or not. It's too much to worry about. We just put the words down, trying to get them right, operating by some inner sense of pitch and proportion, and from time to time, we stick the stuff in an envelope and ship it to an editor.

I like to sing and it's just really fun to sing, and I don't get too much. And at my house I'm not allowed to because, you know, your children can't stand it when you sing at home.