If the sad truth be known, writers, being the misfits we are, probably ought not to belong to families in the first place. We simply are too self-interested, though we may excuse the flaw by calling it 'focused.'

Friends are lights in winter; the older the friend, the brighter the light.

What is the difference between grief and mourning? Mourning has company.

The God worth worshipping is the one who pays us the compliment of self - regulation, and we might return it by minding our own business.

Just because the person who criticizes you is an idiot doesn't make him wrong.

The only reason I wanted 'Making Toast' as the title is that it is a simple gesture of moving on. Every morning there's the bread and you make the toast and you start the day.

Do not keep company with people who speak of careers. Not only are such people uninteresting in themselves; they also have no interest in anything interesting. . . . Keep company with people who are interested in the world outside themselves. The one who never asks you what you are working on; who never inquires as to the success of your latest project; who never uses the word career as a noun -- he is your friend.