Let me say that I absolutely loved writing 'A Common Life,' because it was a book about love.

Loving can be hard. Sometimes we don't feel loving, but it isn't all about feeling. Very often it is about will. Practice that if you can.

The firefly only shines when on the wing, So it is with us--when we stop, we darken.

The dark book has been terribly popular. Dark characters, dysfunction, and all sorts of things from reality that are true in our world.

Publishing is, by its nature, about deadlines, and deadlines are toxic.

As long as you have any floor space at all, you have room for books! Just make two stacks of books the same height, place them three or four feet apart, lay a board across them, and repeat. Viola! Bookshelves!

I have raced against the clock since I went into advertising at the age of eighteen.