Writers are the ones who figure out how to put their observations into words.
I love the essay. It's my favorite genre to work in.
I don't think anyone's ever accused me of too much self-love.
I am weary of happiness, both as a word and as a concept.
I respond to about a quarter of comments. It's a good barometer of my mental health - when I'm healthy and busy, I don't read them.
I think whatever generation you're in has a nostalgia for the generations past and the generations you weren't in.
This whole notion that it's somehow easy and simpler to live in the country is such a fallacy.
I loved 'About Schmidt'. I like Alexander Payne's work a lot.
When there's so much choice, it can get overwhelming and it's hard to make a choice.
For me, writing essays is very much about processing ideas and offering them up to the reader so that they are fully cooked.
I love writing essays and articles, so it's hard for me to resist taking assignments that inevitably pull me away from larger projects.
It's not that I don't get on bandwagons; I just climb aboard only after most of the band has packed up and left for the next gig.
My goal is to invite readers to think along with me and draw their own conclusions.
Few targets of ridicule are as easy to hit as owners and handlers of competitive show dogs.
Social media, despite its reputation as the ultimate agent of self-promotion, actually feeds on self-loathing.
Almost nothing is more tedious than complaining about the weather.
To be honored by success is to take your life seriously. To humble-talk about it is to take yourself seriously.
Much of the magic of language, of course, lies in its fluidity.
It may take a village to raise a child, but not every villager needs to be a mom or dad. Some of us just need to be who we are.
Air travelers, of course, are famous for their hubris. They carry on too many bags and use the restroom when the seat-belt sign is on.
We don't want privacy so much as privacy settings.
In a world of oversharing, we don't want to be unknown or unseen. We don't want to be left out.
