The deadlines are much, much longer with books. When I was a reporter, a lot of times I'd come in at 8:30 a.m., get an assignment right away, interview somebody, turn the story in by 9:30, and have the finished story in the paper that landed on my desk by noon.
“No iron can pierce the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place.”
“I think there's something degrading about having a husband for a rival. It's humiliating if you fail and commonplace if you succeed.”