If you feel lucky, then you are.

It's always better to have what you have than to get what you wanted.

I like to write about people who are real and likeable. I like to write about people who tell their stories in that close and intimate voice we use with best friends. I love the closeness and honesty and vulnerability that come from characters who can talk that way.

Something good was happening. My life was rising from the ashes, and the sight of it left me feeling something like hopeful.

It's more important to be interesting, to be vivid, and to be adventurous than to sit pretty for pictures.

There is no question that the objects that surround us impact our experience of the world.

We are at our finest when we take care of each other.