I was the executive editor on a little magazine called Greek Accent, whose only claim to fame is that its art director went on to be the art director of Discover for many years.

If there is no way out, the best course of action is to find a way further in.

Everybody is a True Believer. Everybody has a little nugget they're convinced of that is the opposite of the nugget on the other side. And they're convinced it's fact.

I really hate those books where the murderer turns out to be somebody you never heard of who pops up in the last chapter.

I was the executive editor on a little magazine called Greek Accent, whose only claim to fame is that its art director went on to be the art director of Discover for many years.

Nobody in real life ever takes me seriously.

I've been a teacher at the college level, in composition mostly, and I've been an editor on magazines.