his shirt had more wrinkles than a smoker's lips
Nothing says work efficiency like panic mode.
As writers, it is our job not only to imagine, but to witness.
Children have a right to some stability and constancy from the adults in their lives.
Books are magic: you never know where they're going to end up.
To be a straight person and discover you're infertile is almost like discovering you're not a straight person.
I get involved in the beginning, less in the middle, and very much at the end.
An investigation may take six months. A quick interview, profile, a day.
People tend to vote the present tense - not the subjective.
Journalism is not just a cause, it's also a wacky profession.
I don't think we would still be here if we hadn't gone public.
To have felt too much is to end in feeling nothing.
The instinct to worship is hardly less strong than the instinct to eat.
The most destructive element in the human mind is fear.
I always wear my sweater back-to-front; it is so much more flattering.
In a Balenciaga you were the only woman in the room - no other woman existed.
There's an overlap between social-realist fiction and crime fiction - a sweet spot there.
Lesson number one: Pay attention to the intrusion of the camera.
If a photographer cares about the people before the lens and is compassionate, much is given.
If you are careful with people, they will offer you part of themselves. That is the big secret.
The American advertiser has made the superior American magazine of today possible.