Who knows what part we play in other people's dreams?

Train yourself to listen to that small voice that tells us what's important and what's not.

I caution writers all the time to slow down and pay more attention to the work in front of them than to the end result. I don't think you write one book and get anywhere. I think you write five books and then maybe you are finally on the right path.

There is, apparently, some law of nature decreeing that all home construction must double in its projected cost and take four times longer than originally anticipated.

Grief is as contagious as a yawn.

Grief rolled across the space between us like a wash of salt water.

The character of Rosie is based on a woman who used to live in the same apartment building I lived in many years ago. She's taken on a life of her own, of course.