"Life is a fragile and awesome gift."

“Actually, I've done it the other way so many times where you rehearse the band and you do the whole thing with lights, the show and the crew - everything. Then you see what happens and you're already committed to dates. I'm just sort of putting out feelers this way.”

“I had to force myself not to be overly protective because I had lost one child.”

“There's a big difference between showing interest and really taking interest.”

“A novel is a daily labor over a period of years. A novel is a job. But a story can be like a mad, lovely visitor, with whom you spend a rather exciting weekend.”

Source : FaceBook post by Lorrie Moore from Jul 24, 2014

“Whenever a woman describes herself as a 'post-feminist' I picture women lashed to posts. Joan of Arc was an early post-feminist.”

Source : Kate Clinton (2012). “Don't Get Me Started”, p.79, Bywater Books

“It is amazing when you try and write songs without an instrument. It kind of forces the melody to be honed it. It has to be good. A lot of what I think are my best songs were made without an instrument.”

Source : Source: mousertime.blogspot.com

“I think the hardest thing to do in the world, show-business-wise, is write comedy.”

“Don't try to skin your rabbit and keep it as a pet too.”