Would you please please please please please please please stop talking?

No subject is terrible if the story is true, if the prose is clean and honest, and if it affirms courage and grace under pressure.

The best ammunition against lies is the truth, there is no ammunition against gossip. It is like a fog and the clear wind blows it away and the sun burns it off.

I don't want to be your friend, baby. I am your friend.

Clearly I miss Him, having been brought up in religion. But now a man must be responsible to himself.

Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.

There is a mystery in all great writing and that mystery does not dissect out. It continues and is always valid.