I need noise and interruptions and irritation: irritation and discomfort are a great starter. The loneliness of doing it any other way would kill me.

The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.

To remain pure, a novel has to cast a moral puzzle. Anything else is mere negotiation.

That sun, that light had faded, and she had faded with them. Now she was as grey as the season itself.

All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold.

Always let them think of you as singing and dancing.

In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. Hares have no time to read. They are too busy winning the game.