The point of the daily diary exercise is not to record what you already know about what happened to you in the last 24 hours. Instead, it’s an invitation to the back of your mind to come forward and reveal to you the perishable images about the day you didn’t notice you noticed at all.

I am not sure how much I would like being married if I wasn't married to him. A man who likes flea markets and isn't gay? I knew I was lucky.

Dear Anyone Who Finds This, Do not blame the drugs.

I need to be cheered up a lot. I think funny people are people who need to be cheered up.

What is an idea made of? Of future, past and also meanwhile.

You can't know what a book is about until the very end. This is true of a book we're reading or writing.

I listen like mad to any conversation taking place next to me just trying to hear why this is funny. Women's restrooms are especially great. I wash my hands twice waiting for people to come in and start talking.