I know it's practical for career women, but sneakers with suits? Jesus couldn't possibly weep harder than I did.

You don't scare me, Cadence Jones. I've lived with crazy, I've ridden with crazy, I've vacationed with crazy, I've visited crazy in various hospitals, I've sat in on therapy sessions with crazy. Frankly, I think women who don't have major emotional disorders are really very dull.

Never, EVER give up. Not ever. Not EVER. Ever EVER!

All writers are crazy. So never mind what the editors and your family and your critique group tells you. Submit your manuscripts and keep submitting until you get an offer. Then you can be crazy, with a paycheck.

Back off, boys. You don't want to mess with an out-of-work secretary. We're real testy.

I've always assumed he'd be around to be, you know, yelled at and taken for granted. And of course I was wrong. Nobody's going to put up with that forever.

They weren't moving. Perhaps I was dazzling then with my ineptitude. It had happened before.