“She is a wiry blanched creature with no beauty. Her expression reminds him of a crumpled letter there is both sadness and anger in it.”

“He likes to think of himself as someone who can give quick clever answers to awkward questions. It is an important part of his self-esteem.”

“The act of creation, the impetus to undertake it, is always some kind of feeble attempt to understand ones own creation, the nature of creation itself.”

“The snow, the effect of concealment and secrecy it creates, makes him think of the brutality of the wartime legislation to forbid and violently extract secrets. It is as if the hushed white landsca...”

“Today she feels she is the master of her craft. Today she is free of the grinding tyranny of doubt. The voice that mocks her ambition. The voice that bites and slanders and causes her more heartach...”

“Artists, like criminals, are dependent on a jury.”

“A soldier's life revolves around his mail. Like many others, I've been able to follow my kid's progress from the day he was born until now he is able to walk and talk a little, and although I have ...”

“It takes a society to raise a generation.”

“Being a parent is dirty and scary and beautiful and hard and miraculous and exhausting and thankless and joyful and frustrating all at once. Its everything. (Confessions of a Scary Mommy, Gallery B...”