A book may not tell us exactly how to live our own lives, but our own lives can teach us how to read a book.

My longest love affair: with a book.

Books gave us a way to shape ourselves - to form our thoughts and to signal to each other who we were and who we wanted to be. They were part of our self-fashioning, no less than our clothes.

The best education for a writer, I think, is to read a lot - college can be a good place to do that.

My master's degree was in journalism, but everything important I ever learned about being a journalist I learned on the job.

I think it's a terrible mistake to only think in terms of a degree "buying" you something.

I'm not a policy expert - I am only arguing that there is more to an education than an economic ticket.

Best qualification for an aspiring journalist is curiosity.

In some cases, you can tell how somebody is being treated by their own boss from the way they are treating someone to whom they are a boss.

Some choices will either make you perish or prosper, choose properly.

The phrase *You complete me* is nonsensical. A couple is a *we* … not a complete *me.*

No one has ever made himself great by showing how small someone else is.

There is critical mass with high-speed Internet connections, so video is a good user experience. And that means there can be critical mass for advertisers.

There's a young man in a T-shirt listening to a rock and roll station. He's got greasy hair, greasy smile, he says, Lord this must be my destination.

I don't go to the gym because I don't have time, but I do pilates workout DVDs for 20 minutes or more every day at home.

If you are going to ask your crush for their phone number, you are one of the small group of women I am so jealous of.

I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs.

Silent," the carved wizardwood on his wrist breathed. "Silent as a blinded ship, floating hull-up in the sea. Silent as a scream underwater.