Dead … might not be quiet at all.

He recalls what that first German soldier said to his major: No God-not yours or mine-approves of what you're doing.

Food is a gift and should be treated reverentially--romanced and ritualized and seasoned with memory.

As a novelist, there are three phone calls you never expect to receive in your lifetime because if you waited for them you would grow despairing - one calling from Stockholm with a Swedish accent, one from the NBA, and one from Oprah Winfrey.

And though some days it is very hard, I try not to live for the future. And I try not to dream of the past.

My wife and I would be very comfortable having a baby at home, or using one of the terrific nurse-midwives at the hospital.

Dead … might not be quiet at all.