I try to stress to my children that buying something never leads to true happiness.

Part of the human condition is that we all think that we are uniquely complex while everyone else is somewhat simpler to read. That is not true, of course. We all have our own dreams and hopes and wants and lust and heartaches. We all have our own brand of crazy

Kate Atkinson is an absolute must-read. I love everything she writes.

Man plans. God laughs.

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.

That’s the problem with falling in love. It makes you start talking like a bad country song

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