When I Wrote Nonfiction, My Best Work

Reading Fiction Is Important. It Is A Vital Means Of Imagining A Life Other Than Our Own, Which In Turn Makes Us More Empathetic Beings. Following Complex Story Lines Stretches Our Brains Beyond The 140 Characters Of Sound-bite Thinking, And Staying Within The World Of A Novel Gives Us The Ability To Be Quiet And Alone, Two Skills That Are Disappearing Faster Than The Polar Icecaps.

There Was No Time For Kissing But She Wanted Him To Know That In The Future There Would Be. A Kiss In So Much Loneliness Was Like A Hand Pulling You Up Out Of The Water, Scooping You Up From A Place Of Drowning And Into The Reckless Abundance Of Air. A Kiss, Another Kiss.

Listen She Said, Everything Ends, Every Single Relationship You Will Ever Have In Your Lifetime Is Going To End.... I'll Die, You'll Die, You'll Get Tired Of Each Other. You Don't Always Know How It's Going To Happen, But It Is Always Going To Happen. So Stop Trying To Make Everything Permanent, It Doesn't Work. I Want You To Go Out There And Find Some Nice Man You Have No Intention Of Spending The Rest Of Your Life With. You Can Be Very, Very Happy With People You Aren't Going To Marry.

You Should Not Have Assault Rifles In Your Home.

I Am Sure Every Writer Has This And Probably Every Newscaster, That People Are Always Coming Up To Me And Saying, My Daughter Wants To Do What You Do, My Godson, My Tennis Partner.