I know you can dream your way through an otherwise fine life, and never wake up, which is what I almost did.

It is no loss to mankind when one writer decides to call it a day. When a tree falls in the forest, who cares but the monkeys?

They may already know too much about their mother and father--nothing being more factual than divorce, where so much has to be explained and worked through intelligently (though they have tried to stay equable). I've noticed this is often the time when children begin calling their parents by their first names, becoming little ironists after their parents' faults. What could be lonelier for a parent than to be criticized by his child on a first-name basis?

The world is a more engaging and less dramatic place than writers ever give it credit for being

Americans don't have saner gun laws because most Americans, including those citizens who puzzle over better angels, don't want saner gun laws.

Married life requires shared mystery even when all the facts are known.

She was an artist. She held opposites in her mind.