The soul shares not the body's test.
The effects of fame on the not-famous people who are close to a celebrity - this is definitely a topic that continues to interest me.
I don't know if make a conscious effort to vary the characters and subjects that I write about, but I do find myself keeping track of ideas that come along, as probably most writers do, and whatever seems most interesting to me when I flip through my notes before I begin a new story is usually what I will try to write about next.
Unless I'm writing trying to write about a historical figure, I don't really set out to read or research with a specific topic in mind.
Jealousy is a potent emotion, of course, and Facebook, texting, email, fan Web pages. . . In theory, being someone like George Clooney's or Halle Berry's paramour - woo hoo - how great would that be? But wait a minute. . . er, no, probably kind of a nightmare.
Thirty years ago, the Pandora's box of the Internet wasn't yet a fact of life, and celebrities inhabited a more remote, hard-to-reach plane.
I think it takes a very generous and tolerant non-famous partner to stick with the famous person, especially if she wasn't famous when they first got together. And add to it the fact that the Web makes it extremely easy to meet admirers. . . well, there are a lot of temptations to be ignored, or else embraced.
With Instagram, the focus is on the present tense.
There is no such thing as a future decision. There are only present decisions that affect the future.
A vow imparts stability, ballast and firmness to one's character.
Naturally, if you love somebody, you do want to see their face every now and again, but that's not a condition of your love. People often get possession mixed up with love, and they say, "If you really loved me, you would call me. " How - when life is going on? I think of you all the time, and the thought of you always lifts my spirits. But I'm not right at the phone!