Humor needs to come in under cover of darkness, in disguise, and surprise people.

Being an English major prepares you for impersonating authority.

Sometimes there is nothing you can do, and in those times, you must do something anyway.

Ha! Easy for nuns to talk about giving up things. That's what they do for a living.

Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have.

When writing loses touch with the beautiful surface of the world, it loses its way. You always want to be in touch with how things look and what people say and what they call their dogs.

I was afraid you had deceased,' he said. 'Or gotten engrossed in a long book.