My memories of literary agenting are of a very happy time and there are surprising reminders of it coming back now.

I know electric knives are excellent for carving turkeys that have had their bones removed and been forced into a mold to shape them. Please note that those turkeys are called hams.

Well, I always had this desire to celebrate and somehow be a part of things that I thought were really great.

I say, if you're going to eat a creature alive, you have to expect some screaming. That is the carnivore's burden.

Everyone feels like they would love to be a really cool bartender in a really cool bar, but you're still surrounded by people who want to destroy themselves with alcohol. When you look at it that way, it's not that much fun.

I would say 70 percent of people who are in therapy are in therapy not because of their upbringing, not because of their mean sister or obsessions, but because of anxiety brought about by lack of financial security.

I would definitely make eggs for the rest of my life if I could.