I always thought that bagels and lox was my soul food, but it turns out it's sushi.

Writers need each other.

I find it inspiring to actively choose which traditions to celebrate and also come up with new ideas for traditions of my own.

Writing about the 1950s has given me tremendous respect for my mother's generation.

People make interesting assumptions about the profession. The writer is a mysterious figure, wandering lonely as a cloud, fired by inspiration, or perhaps a cocktail or two.

If we don't value the people who inspire us (and money is one mark of that) then what kind of culture are we building?

A book is a story, even if it's non-fiction, and once I've read it, I have the story with me inside my head always.