Don't underestimate the power of the nonplussed look and the shake of the head. Letting noxious words hang in the air can be very powerful.

When you have a life milestone happen, it's good to step back and reassess the things you thought you knew about yourself.

When you're dealing with an in-law violation, I think the first line of defense is for the blood relation to have a serious talk.

Once an affair is over, the cheaters need to agree not to see each other anymore in order to reestablish trust with their spouses.

Obama's major accomplishment is himself. This can be an effective argument to make to undecided voters and something Obama has to artfully address.

I know this is awkward, but when you laugh after almost everything you say, it ends up undermining you.

Interfering, judgmental, and disrespectful mothers-in-law are common complaints.

I hate a messy kitchen and my more casual husband has come to recognize it's more pleasant for him to clean up after himself rather than deal with me hating a messy kitchen.

The human heart is a mysterious and sometimes dark place.

Аs I've mentioned many times, sitting through graduation ceremonies is one of life's drearier milestones.

I understand polyamory is different from polygamy, and doesn't share the latter's rigid and noxious views that men run the show and are the only ones allowed multiple partners.

If you were going to be successful in the world of crime, you needed a reputation for honesty.

I can ruthlessly press my imagination out beyond its very edges, and even in such a remote place I have not begun to touch the barest periphery of God’s imagination.

...or like an old friend one has known too well and doesn't want to see.

Happiness is an illusion

If you have to be in a soap opera try not to get the worst role.

The highest levels of consciousness are wordless.

As far as 3-D goes, I don't know if that will stay very long because things are moving so rapidly.

No matter how noble and special people want to make the playoffs out to be... it's a crapshoot.

Learning about issues such as sustainability and locavorism are things that you need to have as part of you as a chef because it will make you cook more delicious food.

I try to make my books reflect humanity as I see it.