If your mind isn't open, keep your mouth shut too.

Everything happens for a reason, but that doesn't mean there's a point.

Emotion doesn't travel in a straight line. Like water, our feelings trickle down through cracks and crevices, seeking out the little pockets of neediness and neglect, the hairline fractures in our character usually hidden from public view.

Sometimes I claim I write because I put in an application at Sears and they've never called back.

Smile. It gives your face something to do.

I know there are people who believe you should forgive and forget. For the record, I'd like to say I'm a big fan of forgiveness as long as I'm given the opportunity to get even first.

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.