Some of us have a relentless urge to attempt what we can never be good at and neglect our true calling.

...opening up a newspaper is the key to looking classy and smart. Never mind the bronze-plated stuff about the role of the press in a democracy - a newspaper, kiddo, is about Style.

I can write anywhere. I write in airports. I write on airplanes. I've written in the back seats of taxis. I write in hotel rooms. I love hotel rooms. I just write wherever I am whenever I need to write.

It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.

In California virtually everyone has had their teeth whitened. If they all smiled at once, they would give us a headache.

A book is a gift you can open again and again.

In romance, as in life, you only learn when you're losing.