I love a large cast of characters. That's the way life is: it's flooded with people and we keep them all straight.

No one tells the truth to people they don't actually know, and if they do it is a horrible trait. Everyone wants something smaller, something neater than the truth.

Even though I didn't know I was applying for the job, I have somehow become the spokesperson for independent book stores.

I was always on time, I did my work to exact specifications, I spoke when spoken to.

Thank God Roxane Coss had not fallen in love with one of the Russians. She doubted they could make it up the stairs without stopping for a cigarette and telling at least one loud story that no one could understand.

You can't spend your whole life in front of a screen.

Seeing images of violence - it's always about how somebody's going to kill you.