The first book I fell in love with was 'Little Toot,' the story of an adorable tugboat operating out of New York Harbor.

I think that some laughter comes from escaped horror, doesn't it?

The whole Melrose series is an attempt to tell the truth, and is based on the idea that there is some salutary or liberating power in telling the truth.

It's no use imagining that bringing great writers together inevitably precipitates great conversation.

People never remeber happiness with the care that they lavish on preserving every detail of their suffering.

You can only give things up once they start to let you down.

Surely: the adverb of a man without an argument.