Normal Is Absolutely My Least Favorite Word.

Why Do Long Marriages Occasionally Endow Their Inhabitants With A Rare Kind Of Equilibrium Otherwise Almost Unknown In Human Relations? My Guess Is That The Value Of The Moment Has At Last Overshadowed The Long History Of Resentments, Betrayals, And Boredom.

Shifting Problems Is The First Rule For A Long And Pleasant Life.

A Literary Academic Can No More Pass A Bookstore Than An Alcoholic Can Pass A Bar.

Nostalgia Is A Dangerous Emotion, Both Because It Is Powerless To Act In The Real World, And Because It Glides So Easily Into Hatred And Resentment Against Those Who Have Taken Our Eden From Us.

What Marks A Writer Is This: Until She - Or He, Of Course - Writes Down Whatever Happened, Turns It Into A Story, It Hasn't Really Happened, It Hasn't Shape, Form, Reality.