My ancestors were Puritans from England. They arrived here in 1648 in the hope of finding greater restrictions than were permissible under English law at that time.

When writing loses touch with the beautiful surface of the world, it loses its way. You always want to be in touch with how things look and what people say and what they call their dogs.

TV news is as bloody as Shakespeare but without the intelligence and the poetry. If you watch television news you know less about the world than if you drank gin out of a bottle

Marriage, friends, is a lifelong feast; love is no light lunch.

English is the perfect language for preachers because it allows you to talk until you think of what to say.

A cruise ship is a floating town of lazy people.

Childhood is the small town everyone came from.