To A Writer, Madness Is A Final

War Is The Form Nostalgia Takes When Men Are Hard-pressed To Say Something Good About Their Country.

There Is A Set Of Balances And Rhythms To A Novel That We Can't Experience In Real Life. So I Think There Is A Sense In Which Fiction Can Rescue History From Confusion.

We Surrounded Ourselves With Smoke And Loud Noise. That's The Way We Chose To Live. I'm Prepared To Defend It.

There's Always A Period Of Curious Fear Between The First Sweet-smelling Breeze And The Time When The Rain Comes Cracking Down.

We Seem To Believe It Is Possible To Ward Off Death By Following Rules Of Good Grooming.