Power consists to a large extent in deciding what stories will be told.

as the years go on a sense of deep patience comes over one; one seems to know the virtue of ripeness, and the danger of rushing events.

People who are genuinely involved in life, not just living a routine they've contrived to protect them from disaster, always seem to have more demanded of them than they can easily take on.

Everyone likes to talk shop, which is the most interesting talk in the world, in the beginning.

The sign of a good marriage is that everything is debatable and challenged; nothing is turned into law or policy. The rules, if any, are known only to the two players, who seek no public trophies.

Normal is absolutely my least favorite word.

You can flush my ashes down the toilet, for all I care.