You Really Can't Say Things That Upset

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.

I Really Consider Myself A Writer, And A Writer Who Is Sometimes A Social Critic. I'm Not An Ideologue, I Don't Join A Party. I Follow Along And Take Notes. Sometimes I Throw In My Two Cents.

I Don't Really Think It Comes As A Shock To Every Writer If Somebody In Their Family Is Mad At Them. Yes, It's Very Upsetting. But It's Inherent In The Process Of Trying To Make Sense Of One's Life, Which Is What I Think Is Perhaps At The Bottom Of Writing At All.

Friendship Needs Both Confidences And Confidence In The Other's Outstretched Hand.

Grief Is In Two Parts. The First Is Loss. The Second Is The Remaking Of Life.