It's a rare book that wins the battle against drooping eyelids.

It's a rare book that wins the battle against drooping eyelids.

I had walked along that street all my life, but had never been so aware that my back was to my home

That's how fossil hunting is: It takes over, like a hunger, and nothing else matters but what you find. And even when you find it, you still start looking again the next minute, because there might be something even better waiting.

It's those little daily incidents of life that are dramatic, and if you put a frame around it , suddenly they become much bigger and much more important than you ever imagined.

Don't write about what you know - write about what you're interested in. Don't write about yourself - you aren't as interesting as you think.

Say something worth the words.