What other people think of me is not really my major concern in life. What other people think of what I write is another matter.

A woman whose smile is open and whose expression is glad has a kind of beauty no matter what she wears.

Grief is in two parts. The first is loss. The second is the remaking of life.

Some people who think they are in unhappy marriages are just in unhappy bodies.

A person who has no secrets is a liar. We always fold ourselves away from others just enough to preserve a secret or two, something that we cannot share without destroying our inner landscape.

People always tell me either A. you love him. B. you hate him. My usual answer? C. All of the above.

I am not a perfect friend, and it is impossible not to rebuff or be rebuffed if you move about the world.

I've told the same story twelve different ways, but I think that's just part of what writers do. Once may not be enough.

I have two writer daughters, and a psychoanalyst daughter, and a lawyer daughter, and they wish we didn't write, I'm sure, but we write. If we were a painting family, we would paint.

You really can't say things that upset someone in print and expect them to be nice and leave you their money. That's just not reasonable.

Reader, you forget that economics precedes religion; worship grew out of eating, not the other way around.

Charity is certainly greater than any rule. Moreover, all rules must lead to charity.

The unconditional love for you child, it's truly amazing.

It is not I who have been consigned to the bedroom of history.

Who would have thought something that happened that long ago could have such power?

The fundamental way of getting public approval is to deserve it.

If you would not be forgotten, do things worth remembering.

It is our enemies who provide us with the challenge we need to develop the qualities of tolerance, patience and compassion.

I'm a middle-aged dad, which means I have no social time or life to speak of, and so I connect with my buddies with my Xbox.

The candidate was required to prepare himself by confession, fasting, and passing the night in prayer.

In the black culture, certain kids are given nicknames that they roll with forever; the nicknames outweigh their real names. I'm one of those scenarios.