"When I began writing, the words that inspired me were these: 'A writer is someone who has written today.' If you want to be a writer, what's stopping you?" - J.A. Jance
Monday, November 19, 2007
"Young love is about wanting to be happy. Old love is about wanting someone else to be happy." - Mary Pipher, Love in the Time of Dementia, The New York Times
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
"It is well known that the longer one postpones a pleasure, the greater the pleasure is when one finally gets it. Therefore, if one postpones it forever, the pleasure should be infinite." - Saul Gorn
Friday, April 21, 2006
"We're a country enthralled by happy endings or, failing that, acceptable endgames. But it's hopeful beginnings that may have the most power of all." - Charlie Suisman, Manhattan User's Guide
Monday, February 20, 2006
"My go-to worldview is pessimism. I see a Times Square billboard promoting a musical that has its audience 'dancing in the aisles' and I can't help but think, 'That is a fire hazard.'" - Sarah Vowell, "The Pessimism Deficit" (NYTimes, 2/20/06)
