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.

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

There's nothing quite as irksome as someone else's mess.

The critical lessons in life hold sway whether you like it or not.

There are laws for everything except the harm families do.

I only get writer's block about once a day.

Thinking is hard work, which is why you don't see many people doing it.