I'm thinking of taking up golf, but the idea of spending time with golfers frightens me.

Myron reached for the phone and dialed Win's number. After the eighth ring he began to hang up when a weak, distant voice coughed. "Hello?" Win?" Yeah." You okay?" Hello?" Win?" Yeah." What took you so long to answer the phone?" Hello?" Win?" Who is this?" Myron." Myron Bolitar?" How many other Myrons do you know?" Myron Bolitar?" No, Myron Rockefeller." Something's wrong," Win said. What?" Terribly wrong." What are you talking about?" Some asshole is calling me at seven in the morning pretending to be my best friend." Sorry, I forgot the time.

You don't worry about happiness and fulfilment when you're starving.

...desperation can toy with you and if you give desperation any wiggle room, it will find alternative answers

We all think that we are uniquely complex, that no one can see what we are thinking - yet we also believe that we have the rare ability to read others. This fascinates me at the moment.

The actual writing time is a lot shorter than the thinking time.

Frankly I'm fairly boring or fairly busy. Between writing and family, I have little time for anything else.