Every now and then we enter the presence of the numinous and deduce for an instant how we're formed, in what detail the force that infuses every petal might specifically run through us, wishing only to lure us into our full potential.

I find a great deal of comfort and care in my faith and prayer. I'd sooner do without air than prayer.

When you do try to picture the boys who do ask you out, they're absolutely featureless, like old carvings eroded by centuries of rain and wind.

Having a great dad probably permitted me to pal around with guys in a way that some women don't.

I get about five memoirs per week in my mailbox, and few of them inspire anything but a desire to pick up the channel changer.

Nobody sounds good writing about your divorce, let's face it.

I don't have a copy of my books, and the degree to which I never read them is profound. I never look.