When I was teaching at Harvard in the 1970s, I went to Project Incorporated in Cambridge and took photography classes. I didn't even know how to aim the camera in those days.

the real killer was when you married the wrong person but had the right children.

Whatever one intends, the work takes on a life of its own.

Because I don’t work with an outline, writing a story is like crossing a stream, now I’m on this rock, now I’m on this rock, now I’m on this rock.

Any life will seem dramatic if you omit mention of most of it.

Falling in Place was meant to be very much rooted in a place and time, and music was a part of that.

It's gratifying that it does; I love to give readings.