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.

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

My job as the writer is to fool you. Your job as the reader is to see if you can catch me at it.

When all else fails, cleaning house is the perfect antidote to most of life's ills.

People talk about dysfunctional families; I've never seen any other kind.

If I'd been listening closely, I'd have caught the sound of the gods having a great big old tee-hee at my expense.

Lying contains the same hostile elements as a practical joke in that the 'victim' ends up looking foolish in his own eyes and laughable in everyone else's.