I Learned Quickly That When I Made

I Became A Hero To Everyone Because I Didn't Take Dialysis And Was Still Alive.

Writers Are Funny About Reviews: When They Get A Good One They Ignore It-- But When They Get A Bad Review They Never Forget It. Every Writer I Know Is The Same Way: You Get A Hundred Good Reviews, And One Bad, Andyou Remember Only The Bad. For Years, You Go On And Fantasize About The Reviewer Who Didn't Like Your Book; You Imagine Him As A Jerk, A Wife-beater, A Real Ogre. And, In The Meantime, The Reviewer Has Forgotten All About The Whole Thing. But, Twenty Years Later, The Writer Still Remembers That One Bad Review.

There Isn't A Child Who Hasn't Gone Out Into The Brave New World Who Eventually Doesn't Return To The Old Homestead Carrying A Bundle Of Dirty Clothes.

Human Beings Thrive On Action. Stagnation Does Not Wear Well With Us. We Are Said To Have Our Origins As Hunter-gatherers. We Run And We Chase. We Are Problem-solvers. We Must Be Continuously Tested And We Continuously Test Ourselves. And It Will Not End Until Our Lives End Because Of Life Itself.

Americans Are Just Beginning To Regard Food The Way The French Always Have. Dinner Is Not What You Do In The Evening Before Something Else. Dinner Is The Evening.