And though the newspapers called the shooting the Crime of the Century, Goldman knew it was only 1906 and there were ninety-four years to go.

The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like.

In the twentieth century one of the most personal relationships to have developed is that of the person and the state. It's become a fact of life that governments have become very intimate with people, most always to their detriment.

And though the newspapers called the shooting the Crime of the Century, Goldman knew it was only 1906 and there were ninety-four years to go.

When I'm writing, I like to seal everything off and face the wall, not to look outside the window. The only way out is through the sentences.

When you're working well, you don't do research. Whatever you need comes to you.

Time seems to me a drift, a shifting of sand. And my mind is shifting with it. I am wearing away.