I can't see the forest through the trees, except the trees are people.

My mother is a special education teacher but also an artist, and my father an advertising executive. They are about as wacky as you can get without being alcoholics.

Suburbia is too close to the country to have anything real to do and too close to the city to admit you have nothing real to do.

I like to try to do a little work before I do anything in the morning, even if it's a paragraph.

In every woman's wardrobe, there are certain accessories that cannot be separated from their back stories.

Out of all artists, authors are the least trained for the spotlight. Wanting attention isn't a requisite part of the package.

He also tried to block the doorway when she left him. My mother ducked under his arm, ran to her car, and drove away. I remember thinking that this was somehow romantic, as it pinpointed the actual memory of my mother's departure, something you don't see a lot of in television. Real people don't slam doors without opening them five minutes later because it's raining and they forgot their umbrella. They don't stop dead in their tracks because they realize they're in love with their best friend.They don't say, "I'm leaving you, Jack," and fade to a paper towel commercial.