I loved it, but social reality impeded. Now I wander in here at 9 in the morning or so, and come back for a while in the afternoon. I am a very lenient boss.

In a funny way, the stories keep themselves alive by emerging from one another. I like that.

If you leave me here," the guy on the floor said, "he'll kill me tomorrow morning." Parker looked at him. "So you've still got tonight," he said.

Whenever things sound easy, it turns out there's one part you didn't hear.

The only thing I learned from the architecture is keep the bathroom and the kitchen near each other, so you don't have to run pipes all over the place.

My mother believed in all superstitions, plus she made some up.

I have no known marketable skills.