It is a truth of human nature that we can ponder life's mysteries for only so long before we lose interest and move on to something else.

Happiness is seasonal, like anything else

I was an English major in college with minors in Fine Arts and Humanities.

People in California seem to age at a different rate than the rest of the country. Maybe it's the passion for diet and exercise, maybe the popularity of cosmetic surgery. Or maybe we're afflicted with such a horror of aging that we've halted the process psychically.

He might be a man without character, but she was a woman without courage. Of the two, which was worse?

You write one book and you're ready for fame and fortune. I don't know that people are spending the time and attention on learning how to write-which takes years. Everybody sees the success stories.

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.