Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.

The enemy is within, and within stays within, and we can't get out of within.

Certainly the most diverse, if minor, pastime of literary life is the game of Find the Author.

Why am I trying to become what I don’t want to be … when all I want is out there, waiting for me the minute I say I know who I am.

But we are mostly what we are, and the turtle stretching toward delicious buds on high does not lighten his carapace by his resolve.

Just remember, kid, you can quicker get back a million dollars that was stole than a word that you gave away.

They know your name, address, telephone number, credit card numbers, who ELSE is driving the car "for insurance", ... your driver's license number. In the state of Massachusetts, this is the same number as that used for Social Security, unless you object to such use. In THAT case, you are ASSIGNED a number and you reside forever more on the list of "weird people who don't give out their Social Security Number in Massachusetts."