The more clearly one sees this world; the more one is obliged to pretend it does not exist.

I'm not proselytizing my method. I don't believe that one writer should tell other writers how to write.

The arrangements that couples make in order to maintain civility in the midst of their journey to divorce are often most elaborate when the professed top priority is to protect a child.

Just because you're sober, don't think you're a good driver, Cookie.

Being wrong about important things is exhausting.

If you feel strongly about people having abortions, don't have one. But we are a country - USA - that likes to be punitive. We want to restrict. It is a kind of religious fervor run amuck.

I was brought up in a community, in a family that valued such things as good manners, and I still do.