Truth is, every writer has to be a good editor, and you have to edit yourself. It's a skill every writer has to acquire.

My theory is that you find out who your true friends are when something good happens to you, not when something bad happens to you. Everybody loves you when something bad happens to you. Then you're easy to love.

And when I look at my mother, I reflect on her strength and endurance. She's cranky sometimes, but she is lovable and loving. I'd be happy to be there at 86.

We can't control what people do or say, even if it's dumb.

I read, therefore, I matter.

Because the thing about love is that we can't control whether we get it, but we can control whether we give it.

Any middle-aged woman knows that our feet are not for the faint of heart, especially in midwinter. I wear clogs, so it's actually like my feet are wooden now.