All of us have to make some accommodations and allowances if we are to live with another person.

I know this song!’ Rosie laughed. ‘If you didn’t, that’d be the final proof that you’re from Mars.

I haven’t changed my mind. That’s the point! I want to spend my life with you even though it’s totally irrational. And you have short earlobes. Socially and genetically there’s no reason for me to be attracted to you. The only logical conclusion is that I must be in love with you.

I set out to write a screenplay but, since my early 20s, had dreamed of writing a novel.

A woman at the rear of the room raised her hand. I was focused on the argument now and made a minor social error, which I quickly corrected. "The fat woman-overweight woman-at the back?"

But why, why, why can't people just say what they mean?

Humans often fail to see what is close to them and obvious to others.