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There are times when I'm really happy and I write something really sad, and vice versa.

I can see the humorous side of things and enjoy the fun when it comes; but look where I will, there seems to me always more sadness than joy in life.

Sadness was something I was thinking about in my life outside of writing, so it wormed itself into whatever I wrote.

When sadness happens in the middle of work, I separate my personal grief from my train of thought.

If I'm laughing, you know I'm either very happy or very sad. I cope with things with jokes.

We all have sadness in our life and things that we can draw upon.

I'm not a sad person, upset the whole time, but I seem to be quite emotional.

Part of me is drawn to the nature of sadness because I think life is sad, and sadness is not something that should be avoided or denied. It's a fact of life, like contradictions are.

Laughter, and the broader category of humor, are key elements in helping us go on with our life after a loss.

Sometimes in the most tragic situation, something just profoundly funny happens.