And we all get mired in the bullshit, the personality quirks, the personality disorders (ours and everyone else's), the jealousy, the disappointment, the blocks, the financial struggle, our egos, I do it too, I do it too, but if you can't remember it is all about the work and nothing else then I can't help you and you can't help yourself and you will lose. I promise you. You will lose.

The fascinating thing about food is that if you have issues with it, you have to face it every single day.

In its current incarnation in my life touring is a lot of airports and hotels and car services and only OK food.

Sometimes, things are just exercises.

What's the point of having a book club if you don't get to eat brownies and drink wine?

You can quit smoking, and never have to have a cigarette again to survive. But with food, it is a daily challenge.

Maybe just as many women writers as male writers could be billed as the next great American writer by their publisher. Maybe book criticism sections could review an equal amount of female and male writers. Maybe Oprah could start putting some books by women authors in her book club, since most of her audience is women.