I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she's having her own way. And second, let her have it.
“There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control.”
“Once a novel gets going and I know it is viable, I don't then worry about plot or themes. These things will come in almost automatically because the characters are now pulling the story.”