“I like to read away as much of the afternoon as possible, until real l...” — Anne Lamott Quote

“I like to read away as much of the afternoon as possible, until real life rears its ugly head.”

“The worst part about celebrating another birthday is the shock that you're only as well as you are.”

“The whistle is always waiting to be blown, and in some ways, it gets me to do better work.”

“I read somewhere that Mitt and I have a 'storybook marriage.' Well, in the storybooks I read, there were never long, long, rainy winter afternoons in a house with five boys screaming at once. And those storybooks never seemed to have chapters called MS or breast cancer.”

“Making playlists can kill a whole afternoon for me. I like building very specific playlists for new writing projects. In a strange way, choosing certain songs is part of the process of plotting the book out. I pick songs that I think with resonate with characters, their personality quirks, relationship dynamics, action scenes, and so on.”