We've had mass shootings in the United States in the part of violent antiabortion protesters, in the part of violent pro-ISIS militants. The trick and the trap and the horror is not faith, Scott. I don't think the trap and the horror is fanaticism.

We breathe in our first language, and swim in our second.

After all, spinning is its own reward. There wouldn't be carousels if it weren't so.

Often the block [in writing] comes from the wall of words that keep out the simplicity of sense.

New York has always been a place where it is possible to have memories without the experience that conventionally precede them.

We've had mass shootings in the United States in the part of violent antiabortion protesters, in the part of violent pro-ISIS militants. The trick and the trap and the horror is not faith, Scott. I don't think the trap and the horror is fanaticism.

Protein was the most valued ingredient 250 years ago: It was the rarest thing. Now the rarest thing we have is time: time to cook and time to eat.