As For Music, My Tastes Are Eclectic.

There Was Nothing More Dangerous Than People Convinced Of Their Own Good Intentions.

I'm At The Age Most People Are Sending Their Kids Off To College.

Would-be Novelists Need To Bring Equal Parts Arrogance And Ignorance To The Task Before Them. The Arrogance Is Almost Self-explanatory. Walk Into Any Bookstore Or Library, Calculate How Many Lifetimes The Average Person Would Need To Read All The Fiction Contained Therein. To Think That One Has Anything To Contribute, To Any Genre Or Tradition, Takes Genuine Hubris.

Whatever You Want, At Any Moment, Someone Else Is Getting It. Whatever You Have, Someone Else Is Longing For.

As For Music, My Tastes Are Eclectic. Elvis Costello Is My All-time Favorite. I Listen To A Lot Of Jazz, Primarily The Great Female Vocalists, And I Am Very Fond Of The Late Cabaret Singer Nancy Lamott.