I have a big mouth, and over the years, as the eldest of five, I have had a tendency to speak when no one really cared.

Don't worry about how pretty (the story) sounds, how lilting it is, and the imagery, and the metaphor, all that. Most readers don't care. It's the people in your book that matter.

People like to run their mouths.

It's not that marriage itself is bad; it's the people we marry who give it a bad name.

I'd crack up without my music. It's the best company you can have, really. It don't say 'no' or 'maybe,' or ask no questions.

I have a big mouth, and over the years, as the eldest of five, I have had a tendency to speak when no one really cared.

People need to be re - sometimes we need to reinvent ourselves and then get reacquainted with our better selves.