I don't necessarily love the sports per se, I love the stories behind them. Also in a kind of perverse way I like to study what it does to us, why we care so much. It's caring about something that's u...
When I was seventeen, I worked as a counsellor at a co-ed sleep-away camp for eight weeks. I loved it but it could be harrowing - it was far too much responsibility for someone my age.
Sure, on a larger scale, it was healthy to have people out there you cared about more than yourself. She knew that. But then there was the abject fear you would lose it. They say possessions own you....
I used to wonder why Lucy liked those songs so much. You know what I mean? She sits in the dark and listens and cries. Music does that to her...I didn't understand for a long time. But I do now. The s...
What I want to do is tell stories about normal people in the American suburbs. I don't write the book where it's a conspiracy reaching the prime minister; I don't write the book with the big serial ki...
In the end, we know what makes us happy. We also know what makes us unhappy. That's the irony. We know and yet we still mess it up. That's part of the human condition, no, and why we need to work on i...
It was scary, she said. Win was scary. He also saved your life. Yes. It’s what Win does. He’s good at it—the best I’ve ever seen. Everything with him is black and white. He has no moral ambiguities. I...
I ran down the hill. I went to your place, afraid, I don’t know. I just didn’t know. But you were gone.I came here, to Lucy. I thought maybe you’d be hiding inside or something. I waited. But you neve...
This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get the tears at the end, too.
In sum," Midlife said, giving the room his best you-the-jury baritone, "Our defense will be...?" He looked to Matt for the answer/"Blame the other guy," Matt said."Which other guy?""Yes.""Huh?""We bla...
Hell, I want to Hugh Jackman a sponge bath. So what? You can;t help what you want. You're human. Let it go.
..."better to have loved and lost" bullshit. Don't show me paradise and then burn it down.
The state of New Jersey is really two places - terrible cities and wonderful suburbs. I live in the suburbs, the final battleground of the American dream, where people get married and have kids and tr...
A trial is two narratives competing for your attention.
I am very lucky that I get to tell stories for a living. I love being able to grab people's attention, to keep them turning the pages, to make them stay awake all night. I want to stir the pulse, yes,...
Mrs. Friedman lived in a happy snow globe of AP History.
In sum, Midlife said, giving the room his best you-the-jury baritone, Our defense will be...? He looked to Matt for the answer/Blame the other guy, Matt said.Which other guy?Yes.Huh?We blame whoever w...
There are few times that I feel more at peace, more in tune, more Zen, if you will, than when I force myself to unplug.
Grief can be inordinately selfish.
What we so admire and call single minded dedication was really obsessive self-involvement. What in that exactly is admirable?