Men. You can't live with them...and you can't legally shoot them. I tossed out my husband eight years ago and got a llama instead. Best decision I ever made.

They don't like the thought of someone else making demands on the person whom they see as belonging entirely to them.

[There's a] point where you have to leave the dough alone. It's silly to anthropomorphize bread, but I love the fact that it needs to sit quietly, to retreat from touch and noise and drama, in order to evolve. I have to admit, I often feel that way myself.

May I ask you something?" I say. "Why do you read books, when you could be outside, living a million different adventures every day?" "Because you can always count on a book to stay the same. EVerything else changes when you least expect it," she replies, bitter. "Families split apart, and nothing's forever. In books, you always know what's coming next. There are no surprises.

sometimes words are not big enough to contain all the feelings you are trying to pour into them.

Writing is grunt work - you need to have self-motivation, perseverance, and faith... talent is the smallest part of it.

I had the heart of the relationship, and no body to grow it in... It broke.