For most people, there are only two places in the world. Where they live and their TV set. If a thing happens on television, we have every right to find it fascinating, whatever it is.

Because friends have to be brutally honest with each other. I'd feel terrible if I didn't tell you what I was thinking, especially at a time like this

In a crisis the true facts are whatever other people say they are.

Doesn't our knowledge of death make life more precious?' What good is a preciousness based on fear and anxiety? It's an anxious quivering thing

Writing is a concentrated form of thinking.

Stories are consoling, fiction is one of the consolation prizes for having lived in the world.

Prayer is a practical strategy, the gaining of temporal advantage in the capital markets of Sin and Remission.