A book collection is a cross between a Rorschach test and This Is Y our Life. It marks your life clearly like rings on a tree.

It seems to be a rule of life that the less qualified you are to give counsel, the more counsel you give.

Los Angeles: A city I like because it's easy to tell who the strange people are.

One person's mess is merely another person's filing system.

My husband says that I'm afraid of heights, but that's not true. What I'm afraid of is falling.

We are living in the era of the busybody. In ancient Greece, if a person wanted guidance, it involved a long, arduous expensive journey to consult the oracle at Delphi. Today, if you want guidance, all you have to do is unplug your ears.

... trying to control construction costs is like trying to control the cost of a hospital stay. You may not realize that when you sneeze and the nurse hands you a box of tissues, it generates a $5 charge on your bill. But you still have to pay.