I have two writer daughters, and a psychoanalyst daughter, and a lawyer daughter, and they wish we didn't write, I'm sure, but we write. If we were a painting family, we would paint.

A woman whose smile is open and whose expression is glad has a kind of beauty no matter what she wears.

Grief is in two parts. The first is loss. The second is the remaking of life.

Some people who think they are in unhappy marriages are just in unhappy bodies.

A person who has no secrets is a liar. We always fold ourselves away from others just enough to preserve a secret or two, something that we cannot share without destroying our inner landscape.

People always tell me either A. you love him. B. you hate him. My usual answer? C. All of the above.

I am not a perfect friend, and it is impossible not to rebuff or be rebuffed if you move about the world.

I've told the same story twelve different ways, but I think that's just part of what writers do. Once may not be enough.

What other people think of me is not really my major concern in life. What other people think of what I write is another matter.

You really can't say things that upset someone in print and expect them to be nice and leave you their money. That's just not reasonable.

Reader, you forget that economics precedes religion; worship grew out of eating, not the other way around.

How many unuttered words died in the heads of those for whom a word was too expensive.

Because my mother couldn't change my present, I decided to change my daughter's future

Any romantic feelings for a 12-year-old are like entering into a fantasy world.

I was spread out dailyand examined for flaws.

Don't let complexity stop you.

Life seemed so simple and joyous when I was growing up.

God cast you in His play, wrote you into His story. He has a definite direction for your life. Fulfill it and enjoy fulfillment. Play the part God prepared for you and get ready for some great days.

Nothing comes from without. All things come from within.

I know I wanted to be with somebody and have children. My heart comes before my work.

Tell someone you are going to rob them and all that will happen is that you'll get a reputation as a truthful man.