You know the sultans used to light their garden parties with turtles? They'd put candles on their backs and let them wander around. Hundreds of them.

I think most writers' houses are disappointing. What's much more atmospheric and interesting are the places they wrote about.

Being an editor doesn't make you a better writer - or vice versa. The worst thing any editor can do is be in competition with his writer.

When you're editing, you want to be the perfect appreciator, not another writer.

I understand the intensity of the supporters. I wonder how they could turn up for work on Monday morning after we lost 5-1 to Manchester City.

Finally, we should help developing nations like China and India curb their exponentially increasing consumption of oil and natural gas, which is driving world prices higher.

There is an epidemic right now of girls dumbing themselves down... in middle school because they think it makes them attractive.

Im one of those people who think I can learn something from everybody.

I realized the structure in a collection is how they're put together. Structuring the collection became the art of it for me. Because the stories had all been written.

The most powerful argument of all for saving open space is economics; in most states, tourism is the number two industry.

Lets talk to one another instead of about one another.

I'm the type of person who doesn't want to sit alone in a restaurant or bar.

Every time I read the paper those old feelings come on.We are waist deep in the Big Muddy and the big fool says to push on.

Deep down, I'm a Texas girl looking for that big romance every girl dreams about. Biologically, I look forward to being a cornerstone of a family. I'll be in my glory when I have a child on my knee.