I feel strongly that we're only hurting ourselves as writers by being so secretive about money. There's no other job in the world where you get your master's degree in that field and you're like well, I might make zero or I might make $5 million! We don't have any standards in that way, and we probably never will. There will always be such a wide range of what writers are paid, but at least we could give each other information.

"...the experience of food is ephemeral. What one puts into the mouth is the end result of a process that starts with the sea, the soil, animal life."

I love this series. I feel though that this is coming to an end and I am sad.

You're nobody's rainbow.
You're nobody's princess.
You're nobody's doorway but your own, and the only one who gets to tell you how your story ends is you.

I loved this book with my whole heart and soul.

And I hope your outline is just a guide and not a straitjacket. You're a writer, and writers, especially those using the artful form of creative nonfiction, are often guided by instinct, as are most creative people in the world.

Ugh. I love this series and now I have to track down volumes 3 and 4.

Spungen was from Philadelphia, a city whose sports fans throw D batteries at Santa Claus and cheer when opposing wide receivers are temporarily paralyzed.

I don't know why it took me this long to read Preacher.

I trace the curve of a flourished H with my thumb. if this book is meant for me, best find out why.

I first read this book when I moved into my own spooky old house eleven years ago. My house is no longer spooky but this book does. Don't read it at night or if you have a very vivid imagination.