I need to get lost and sometimes my characters lead me to places I don't expect to go.

Religion's just a well-oiled profit-driven denial of the randomness of it all.

Change what you can, accept what you can't, and be smart enough to know the difference

First I laughed my way through Elinor Lipman's book of political tweets. Then I put my ear to the ground and listened to Molly Ivins guffawing from the grave. Lipman is a piquant poetic rock star!

I am a plodder, I make an appointment with my computer everyday and I have no idea where I am going.

I thought about how love was always the thing that did that - smashed into you, left you raw. The deeper you loved, the deeper it hurt.

Getting a job scared her but she was determined not to shy away from risk. That's what life's all about. Climbing out onto the airplane wing and jumping off.