To say I drank my way into marriage isn't much of an exaggeration, and it's none at all to say I drank my way out of it.

As a friend of mine, herself a writer, says, 'People who spend the most meaningful hours of their lives in the exclusive company of imaginary people are apt to be a little strange'

I think persistence in the face of adversity is an essential part of a writer’s job description. If you don’t care enough about it to avoid being easily disheartened that way, you really should be doing something else.

The short story, I should point out, is perforce a labor of love in today's literary world; there's precious little economic incentive to write one.

If fate sends you a lemon, use it to make lemonade.

Something I learned long ago. It is not necessary to know what a person is afraid of. It is enough to know the person is afraid.

Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else.