...crushed between the fears of going forward and the dread of going back..

I was captivated by Sherrie Flick's meticulous and intelligent study of Margaret and Vivette, and the men they share. Reconsidering Happiness is a co….

To ask a novelist to talk about his novels is like asking somebody to cook about their dancing..

Try pitching a story of happiness to your editors and their toes are going to curl up..

There is no remedy for death--or birth--except to hug the spaces in between. Live loud. Live wide. Live tall..

Retiring from writing is not to retire from life, but retiring from writing is to avoid the inevitable bitterness which a writing career is bound to ….

My father had osteomyelitis-his left arm was withered between his elbow and his shoulder ... . But the amputation of a Stone Age man called Leaf, a s….

These are the stories that we tell ourselves and only ourselves, and they are better left unshared..

There's solace in the thought that I will never finish missing her..

Secrets are like pregnancies hereabouts. You can hide them for a while but then they will start screaming..