Bloggers intent on self-expression which renders no service to readers don't get read.

Creative nonfiction writers do not make things up; they make ideas and information that already exist more interesting and often more accessible.

Storytelling, a primitive art, is as old as the beginning of mankind. People want to receive what's out there in the form of stories, not just facts, opinion, analysis.

Most writers want to share their essay or book much too quickly. Those who accept the pain of hard work and revising are those who get published.

The seeds of genius are in many blogs, but bloggers lack the interest in or understanding of the difference between blogging and fully-formed literary efforts.

The myth of objectivity made nonfiction increasingly unread. In feature articles, we could be playful in the opening and clever in the end but in the middle it was back to the boring basics.

When I first submerged my feet into frigid water, they hurt so badly I yanked them out again. I persisted, dunking them for longer and longer periods, until the cold finally blistered.

What is Kanye West's message? Like most rap, "I am the greatest person ever and you're not." I used to call it affirmative action for the ego.

My family - my husband, my daughters, my grandchildren, my great-grandchildren, all of them - are the most important thing in the world to me.

Women are like tea bags: put them in hot water and they get stronger.

We function in a pack mentality. This is our tribe. And this is how we are exploited - sold a bill of goods and a household of products.

I believe you've got to utilize what god gave you, so if you have facial hair, there are ways to look good while sporting it.

A hard lesson had been learned--that man himself suffers most when his hand despoils the earth and robs it of its legitimate fruits.

The sooner our society admits that the Negro Revolution is no momentary outburst soon to subside into placid passivity, the easier the future will be for us all.

Not only would I never want to belong to any club that would have me for a member--if elected I would wear street shoes onto the squash court and set fire to the ballroom curtains.