The advent of cellphones may, in the end, be no more relevant than the ability of laptops to change our written documents into ones using cool new fonts.

Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life's cruelest irony.

Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time.

You can't fake creativity, competence, or sexual arousal.

Fondue sets, martini shakers and juicing machines: three things the world could live completely without.

If a building looks better under construction than it does when finished, then it's a failure.

Big companies are like marching bands. Even if half the band is playing random notes, it still sounds kind of like music. The concealment of failure is built into them.

Eagles are seagulls with a good hairdo.

We decided that the French could never write user-friendly software because they're so rude.

Is there anything in the world more annoyingly creepy than an unspoken dress code?

When we constantly ask for miracles, we're unraveling the fabric of the world. A world of continuous miracles would not be a world, it would be a cartoon.

Often the Muse will not respond to direct and logical requests. She must be lured in with the playful and gentle.

For we know not what we should pray for.

Show me a man who claims he is objective and I'll show you a man with illusions.

We always believe God is like ourselves, the indulgent think him indulgent and the stern, terrible.

I wouldn't have thought of myself as a person who could guide anybody and then it turned out that I can.

I allow a lot of room for improvisation and funny stuff. I always feel planned.

For a few spotty years, I was that tragic geek

While I am impulsive in many areas of my life, marriage is not one of them.

I'm a mother. Mothers multi-task.

Once you accept the power of spine in the creative act, you will become much more efficient in your creativity. You will still get lost on occasion, but having a spine will anchor you.