It's Funny How, Even Long After You've

Happines Is Like Mercury. Hard To Hold, And When We Drop It, It Shatters Into A Million Pieces. Maybe The Bravest Of All Are Those Who Have The Courage To Reach For It Again.

Approach Your Lives As If They Were Novels, With Their Own Heroes, Villains, Red Herrings, And Triumphs.

A Common Question Asked Of Writers Is "when Did You Decide To Become A Writer?" The Answer, Of Course, Is That We Didn't Decide Anything. It Was Decided For Us. I Firmly Believe That Mythical Godmothers Make Appearances At Our Cradles, And Bestow Their Gifts. The Godmother Who Might Have Blessed Me With A Singing Voice Did Not Show Up; The Goddess Of Dance Was Nowhere In Sight; The Chef-to-the-angels Was Otherwise Engaged. Only One Made The Journey To My Cradle, And She Whispered, "you Will Be A Storyteller."

I Certainly Understand Very Much What It's (like When) An Expense Comes Up And You're Trying To Figure Out How To Pay For It.

If You Want To Be Happy For Life, Love What You Do.