I'm a romantic; you have to be to marry four times.

Taste ... is a matter of taste (Tad Allagash)

Most all of the writers I admired when I was in my teens and twenties died young. Fitzgerald lived the longest. He was 44. Dylan Thomas was 39. And then once you're approaching 40, you suddenly think, "Well, maybe I would like to live longer than Fitzgerald or Thomas."

Tim Thornton's portrait of a pop culture obsession is so convincing that one can't help wishing that his fictional alt rock band actually existed, or suspecting that they did. The Alternative Hero is a weirdly compelling portrait of fanatic fandom which reads like High Fidelity at high volume.

The only thing worse for smoking than drinking is quitting drinking. Because then it's the only thing you can do.

I'm a romantic; you have to be to marry four times.

Add anchovies to almost anything, in moderation, and it will taste better.