Your boyfriend had a dream about potatoes and you're asking me to interpret it? I'm just old. Being old doesn't mean you know more; it means you ate enough fiber.

It took me less than half a lifetime to realize that regret is one of the few guaranteed certainties. Sooner or later everything is touched by it, despite our naive and senseless hope that just this time we will be spared its cold hand on our heart.

Krakow is one of my favorite places on earth. It is a medieval city full of young people. A wonderful, striking combination.

Very often I'll find out at the end of a book what I put in at the beginning. A sort of process of elimination and discovery in one.

I forgive nothing. If you stole my orange crayon in the fifth grade, you're still on my hit list, buddy.

I read less of everything now. With only fond memories of others' work, it will be interesting to give my own journal writing a try now.

I don't like to have to pan for gold when I read.