When my daughter was a senior in high school, I remember noticing, almost in passing, that her friends were very cute. Which made me realize her friends' fathers probably found Molly very cute.

I once found myself driving, smoking a cigar, taking notes, and talking on the phone at the same time. I only became completely aware of this when I had to shift, and realized something had to give.

It is a cliche, and it is also true, that humor springs from existential pain - from a need to blunt the awareness that life is essentially a fatal disease of unpredictable symptoms and unknown duration.

The horrifying thing is that nearly half of America seems in synch with xenophobia and race-baiting.

Mostly, you become a writer not because you want to get rich or famous, but because you have to write; because there is something inside that must come out.

Hillary Clinton rubs people the wrong way, for valid reasons.

Knowing the identity of the leaker helps you analyze the likelihood that the material is real.