Carla was wearing a No Fear sweatshirt. You are too old, Amy wanted to tell her, for legible clothing.

Nothing was truly unbearable if you had something to read.

Just start the sentence...and see what happens. This is how we write.

Arithmetic is the death of story.

...(W)here there's drama, there's crap.

(N)ot writing was hard work, almost as hard as writing.

All plots are cliche.

(T)hey were at ease with each other, which was essential to a productive workshop.

Maybe I'm just sick of putting more into this friendship than I get out of it.

Its ok to be different, the climate is not the same in every mind

It's very reassuring and spiritual to be connected with something larger than yourself and the inside of your own head.

Am I about to feel really, really stupid?

I mean I tried to transform myself through characters throughout my career.

The world must learn to work together, or finally it will not work at all.

I've found a formula for avoiding these exaggerated fears of age; you take care of every day - let the calendar take care of the years.

I'm a Zen Master. I'm an occult teacher. I teach people how to become that, how to be perfect.

Nell Zink is a writer of extraordinary talent and range. Her work insistently raises the possibility that the world is larger and stranger than the world you think you know.

Politicians should be dedicated to the welfare of the people, but sometimes politics becomes like a game of chess, in which the sole aim is to stay on board as long as possible.