It was a noteworthy lesson, even for someone who'd been fed a daily diet of italicized lessons: that people in high places, luminaries with advanced degrees in Classics and in possession of excellent manners, can disappoint you as profoundly as anyone else.
Elinor LipmanI watch golf on television, although I don't golf - except for visits to the driving range in spurts.
Elinor LipmanMy narrators tend to be women with low self-esteem, so I can send them to charm school.
Elinor LipmanI was a roving guard on the Lowell Hebrew Community Center's girls' basketball team all through high school. My specialty was stealing the ball, but my only shot was a lay-up.
Elinor Lipman