For graduate school I ended up going to the University of Iowa, which is, of course, the best graduate writing program in the country.

Sometimes you regret the things you do, but they're over and done. Regretting the things you didn't do is tougher because they're still out there, haunting you with the what ifs.

When you peered into the windows of someone else's life, you could only guess what was going on.

To be early is to be on time, to be on time is to be late, to be late is to be forgotten.

Guilt and no guilt: these were the worst things. The only thing worse than the guilt was the fear of getting caught.

I am a summer person.

Iowa City is okay as Midwestern cities go, but theres no food, no culture, no ocean.

One is never too young for fine literature . . .

...Every life contains a novel.

Nothing was a natural predator of productive fiction writing like the cell phone. Ditto the laptop. As she had well learned, the laptop could destroy a day.

Meredith immersed herself in the novels. For some reason, fiction hit on the meaning of life so much more concisely than real life itself did.

Truly creative people care little about what they have done, and a lot about what they are doing.

Getting fit is a political act-you are taking charge of your life.

Once in a golden hour, I cast to earth a seed, And up there grew a flower, That others called a weed.

OSS 117 and maybe Un Balcon Sur La Mer directed by Nicole Garcia. It's a typical French movie with typical French themes with French actors, a French director.

And right now, you two jackwagons are right in the middle of my living room and I'm coming to take out the trash.

My doctor told me that jogging could add years to my life. I think he was right. I feel ten years older already.

Happy is the man who loves the woods and waters, Brother to the grass and well beloved of Pan; The earth shall be his, and all her laughing daughters. Happy the man.

If you don't have the money management skills yet, using a debit card will ensure you don't overspend and rack up debt on a credit card.

Let us go then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky

Information about money is more important than money itself.