I don't know what psychotherapy does. I have been seeing the same person for 26 years now.

It is easy to forget that in the main we die only seven times more slowly than our dogs.

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.

We Americans are trained to think big, talk big, act big, love big, admire bigness but then the essential mystery is in the small.

I do have trouble with titles.

When we were children we were errant enough to wish to be birds for the day but there's nothing easier to lose than playfulness.