If Lincoln freed the slaves and preserved the Union, how come 'Lincolnesque' just means tall?

When someone reaches middle age, people he knows begin to get put in charge of things, and knowing what he knows about the people who are being put in charge of things scares the hell out of him.

Everybody is who he was in high school.

Marriage is part of a sort of 50′s revival package that's back in vogue along with neckties and naked ambition.

Money not spent on a luxury one considered even briefly is the equivalent of windfall income and should be spent accordingly.

I suppose that there are endeavors in which self-confidence is even more important than it is in writing -- tightrope walking comes immediately to mind -- but it's difficult for me to think of anybody producing much writing if his confidence is completely shot.

I've written three books you could think of as memoirs.