Words Matter, Words Have Import.

All Our Stories Are Simultaneously Unique And Desperately Similar, Aren't They?

There Were Moments When I Felt Seriously Unhinged; When I Was Convinced That I Would Never, Ever Recover From What Had Happened, When It Was Absolutely Clear To Me That Life From This Point On Would Be Constant Agony.

Tragedy Is One Of The Larger Prices We Pay For Being Alive. No One Ever Sidesteps Tragedy. It Is Always There, Shadowing Us.

There Is Much To Be Said For Solitude.

I've Been Known To Write On The Underground In London And On The Subway In New York. I Have Two Or Three Cafes In Paris That I Go Into. I Find A Corner With A Little Shade, And I Can Work.