Red Sox fans have been pushed to the brink over the years, but that's how faith grows stronger.

My oldest sister was an actress living in NYC by the time I was ten, and desperately wanted to be the one in charge of the words.

You want the greatest trick for writing a novel? Here it is: imagine urgently whispering your story into one person's ear - and only one. This one visualization will clarify every word choice you make.

But there it is: Everyone is alone, for life, and maybe that's not such a bad thing.

I prefer true over happy now.

The generation of women who came before us did much of our shouting. They laid the groundwork and now we can be calm and constant and steady.

Our love is our burden.