Getting into a fight with a popular senior. Pissing off a school teacher and the local chief of police. Hanging with two major-league losers." She slapped my back. "Welcome to high school.

...desperation can toy with you and if you give desperation any wiggle room, it will find alternative answers

Frankly I'm fairly boring or fairly busy. Between writing and family, I have little time for anything else.

There are three things that make a person a writer: inspiration, perspiration and desperation.

Being a parent is not for the faint of heart. I may joke about knowing fear, but the fact is, the first time I ever knew real fear was the day Charlotte, my first child, was born. Suddenly there is someone in the world you care about more than anything.

There are few times that I feel more at peace, more in tune, more Zen, if you will, than when I force myself to unplug.

You don't worry about happiness and fulfilment when you're starving.