Fantasy is seductive and much more wonderful than reality, but you can't take it to the bank. It's always an escape. And if used as an escape, as in attending a movie or a show for a circumscribed period of time, it's fine. When it starts to become undifferentiated from reality, it leads to big trouble.

If God is everywhere, I had concluded, then He is in food. Therefore, the more I ate the godlier I would become. Impelled by this new religious fervor, I glutted myself like a fanatic.

What has gotten into you lately? Save a little craziness for menopause!

As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree,' probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.

It's all through the actors; I cannot write in that idiom

If 90% of success in life is showing up, the other 10% depends on what you're showing up for.

In my house I'm the boss, my wife is just the decision maker.