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.

You try to keep life simple but it never works, and in the end all you have left is yourself.

I focus on the writing and let the rest of the process take care of itself. I've learned to trust my own instincts and I've also learned to take risks.

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

Life was reduced to its four basic elements: air, food, drink, and a good friend.

If high heels were so wonderful, men would still be wearing them.

Lucky is the spouse who dies first, who never has to know what survivors endure.