I'm actually forced to write about Michigan because as a native of that state it's the place I know best.

Marriage is survived just on the basis of ordinary etiquette, day in and day out. Also cooking together helps a lot.

The only advice I can give to aspiring writers is don't do it unless you're willing to give your whole life to it. Red wine and garlic also helps.

Fishing makes us less the hostages to the horrors of making a living.

Your kids inevitably want to move where they had their vacations when they were younger.

Because most writers have totally unrealistic concepts of how publishing works.

How wonderful it was to love something without the compromise of language.