I, Like Most Of My Friends, Couldn't

So If It Seems That Some Of What I'll Have To Say In The Pages To Come Doesn't Reflect The Mellowing Of Age, That's Only Because I've Never Found That Life And Memories Respond To Time The Way That Tobacco Does.

Absolutely Nothing Brings Out The Killer Instinct In The Upper Crust Of New York Society Like A Charity Function.

I'm A Fairly Ascetic Person. And I Do Most Of My Writing At Night. You Don't Get Distracted, Your Brain Goes Into What You Are Writing About, Into The World You're Writing About, Rather Than Into The World You're In.

I Was A Pretty Angry Kid, And I Got Into Military History Largely As A Way To Vent My Own Anger. As I Got Older It Narrowed Down To A More Specific Focus On Individual Violence. I'm Just Trying To Understand Where It Came From.

I, Like Most Of My Friends, Couldn't Believe I Bought A Mountain Called Misery Mountain, Because It Was So Appropriate.