You Could Go Crazy Thinking Of How

Writing About Fashion Forces You To Overcome The Nagging Feeling That Fashion Doesn't "matter", That It's Trivial Or Fleeting. I Just Look At It Anthropologically, Which Is Different From The Way I'd Write About Art.

When My Son Was Born, And After A Day Of Lying-in I Was Told That I Could Leave The Hospital And Take Him Home, I Burst Into Tears. It Wasn't The Emotion Of The Moment: It Was Shock And Horror.

There Are Cultures That Believe Having Your Photograph Taken Steals Your Soul. I Don't Think There Is A Stolen Soul In A Picture, But Still - Why Is It So Hard To Throw Them Away?

There's A Marvelous Sense Of Mastery That Comes With Writing A Sentence That Sounds Exactly As You Want It To. It's Like Trying To Write A Song, Making Tiny Tweaks, Reading It Out Loud, Shifting Things To Make It Sound A Certain Way... Sometimes It Feels Like Digging Out Of A Hole, But Sometimes It Feels Like Flying. When It's Working And The Rhythm's There, It Does Feel Like Magic To Me.

Like Writing, Running Is So Much About Mind Over Matter. There Are Times When You Have To Override The Discomfort And Keep Pushing. That Capacity To Endure And Then Prevail Is Just Amazing.